What a difference a day makes! Yesterday, I saw only a few bees in the lavender: this morning, when I walked through the lavender--'Miss Katherine' and 'Folgate' (both English lavenders)--the bees were in abundance. The large lavenders (the intermedias) are still developing (no bees), but I harvested the 'Miss Katherine' and Gene hung it in the drying shed this morning; Monday morning, I'll harvest the 'Folgate'. I love the bees and their humming. For all my fretting, the bees came not too early and not too late, but just at the right time!
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| "The pedigree of honey... |
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| ...does not concern the bee... |
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A clover or a lavender--(I added the lavender part), any time,
to him... |
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| is aristocracy." - Emily Dickenson |
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| Bundle of cut 'Miss Katherine' |
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| Oil from stems |
My hands were sticky with the oil from the stems as I cut the 'Miss Katherine'.
I noticed quite a few bumblebees and butterflies this year. I tried to take their photo but they were too busy for my foolishness.
I can only hope that some of those bees are mine...we're only a half mile apart
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