Sleepy Bees Lavender Farm — cooking with lavender

Things Are Warming Up At Sleepy Bees!

Jun 08, 2021 Holly McCabe

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Spring sure didn't hang around long! The heat is here already and seems like it has settled in to stay for awhile. Of course, this is the busiest time of year for us here, so it is delightful to have it super hot for planting, weeding and landscaping! <eyeroll> All complaining aside though, we have been very busy and it is a great problem to have! Our original half acre of plants came out of the winter in great shape this year. They have sent up their shoots and have tons of buds. In the next week or so we...

Spring is Here!

Apr 22, 2021 Holly McCabe

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Finally! Spring is here. For some reason, this past Winter seemed like it would never end. Nothing terrible was happening. The weather wasn't even all that bad, other than a couple of weeks. It just seemed to stretch on and on and on. So thankfully, after a 27 degree low last night, it looks like Spring is officially with us to stay. This is our favorite time of the year. Everything is getting going for us. We get to introduce all the new products we have worked on over the winter to our customers, plant the new baby lavender plants...