'Folgate' lavender has popped out its first lovely blossoms of the season! This oh-so-fragrant beauty is an old English variety, technically called L. Angustifolia 'Folgate', and it's reliably our earliest bloomer here in Sequim. 💜
Taken at Olympic Lavender Company's farm. LAVENDER is out today! 💜 (That's my new book from Sasquatch Books.) Here's a link to multiple places where you can order the book online:
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652115/lavender-by-bonnie-louise-gillis/ #lavenderbook
Look for my new release on April 27th!
Lavender: 50 Recipes and Projects for Natural Wellness Published by Sasquatch Books (a Seattle-based publisher owned by Penguin Random House) Use this easy side-dish recipe, along with some aromatic floral and herbal sprigs, to elevate the little potato from humble root to irresistible garden cuisine.
Ingredients
Golden on the outside, fluffy in the middle, these flaky, cheesy biscuits hold a bouquet of garden-fresh goodness.
Ingredients
In the New World of seventeenth century America, bundles of herbs hung from hooks and rafters within homes, within easy reach for remedies, teas, seasonings, and air freshening. Women tended to gardens in huge gathered skirts over padded bolsters and petticoats. Men labored without a plow, clad in metal armor for protection. But try as the colonists might to grow their beloved lavender, plants failed in the climate of New England gardens.
Today’s gardeners can easily grow many newer varieties that are suited for a broad range of climates. (No metal armor or petticoats needed.) Some gardeners may plant lavender for the slender blossoming spikes that paint a touch of wistful romance into their garden bed, or for blossoms that cast their scent as a lure for honeybees. Certainly beauty and fragrance are reason enough, but lavender is as beneficial to grow today as it has been throughout history.
This lavender recipe is easy to prepare and elegant to serve! Panna Cotta infused with lavender is a treat to make when you want to hear some oohs and ahs. Think small in choosing your serving pieces for this calorie-rich delight. Footed dessert bowls or champagne coupes with demitasse spoons are perfect.
Ingredients LAVENDER PANNA COTTA
LEMON GLAZE
LAVENDER PANNA COTTA Pour the water into a small dish and lightly sprinkle gelatin into the water. (Plopping instead of sprinkling will give you lumps of undissolved gelatin, so make sure to sprinkle.) Let sit 5-10 minutes to bloom.
Serves: 4-6 depending on size of portions. An early evening hunt for sleeping bumblebees in the lavender flowers of Sequim's B & B Family Farm. What a joy for me to see the world, all fresh and exciting through their precious, eager eyes!
One of the fascinating (terrifying?) things about writing is not knowing where you might pop up on the internet, with no idea how you might look. Very thankful to fellow-author Jacqui Nelson for this shout-out in her blog, and for taking a not-embarrassing photo. :)
https://jacquinelson.com/filling-the-creative-well-lavender-field-trips/ |
AuthorBonnie, a nature lover, is the author of twenty-eight heart-to-heart gift books full of animal and nature images, plus one inspiring book on interfaith understanding. Archives
June 2021
|