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Category: Sustainable Farming
Sustainable Farming Practices at Norfolk Essential Oils
The Fens, a unique landscape in eastern England known for its rich peat soils and extensive wetland systems, offer an ideal environment for cultivating a variety of herbs. These herbs, when grown sustainably, can be harvested to produce essential oils, prized for their therapeutic properties and aromatic qualities. This article explores the methods and benefits…
Its all over for another year…
Thursday saw us process our last load of English chamomile herb for the 2023 season. The crop was planted in April this year and although got off to a dry start managed to produce a nice crop and bloom of chamomile flowers for processing in late September. The field was at my son’s farm around…
Harvest 2020 Melissa, Applemint, Lovage & English Chamomile
Harvest is well underway now. Melissa crops have been distilled, yield was marginally lower than average, but the quality of the oil looks to be good. This year for the first time we tried Applemint for a customer, this went well, considering the crows took a liking to the young plants and hampered the establishment.…
’17 Harvest Has Begun!
Harvest this year has been the earliest yet! We have started processing approximately 10 days earlier than previous years. German Chamomile (Matrucaria recutica) is under way. Yield this year is normal, quality is excellent. Due to the dry spring, some of the crops were not able to establish, and therefore it is possible overall yield…
German Chamomile Seeding
German Chamomile seeding for this year has been completed and has been successful. The plants are growing and looking well. To seed the German Chamomile we sprinkle the seeds on the bare soil, just before a little bit of moisture is due to arrive, for an effective germination.
English Hemp Essential Oil
Following two years of successful trials under UK Government licence we are now able to offer our own grown and distilled Hemp essential oil. This has been harvested and steam distilled from the flowering parts of the cannabis sativa plant, it has been tested for any THC content at a Government approved laboratory and we…
New English Distilled Oils
We are proud to announce that we are able to offer in addition to our Frankincense and Myrrh oils as English distilled we now have available Asafoetida, Opoponax, Elemi and Galbanum oils. These have all been distilled here in our on farm distillery using imported gums/resins. Wholesale volumes of all of these oils are now…
