How to dry out that beautiful home grown lavender from your garden
For centuries, women have put lavender on their handkerchiefs, and the Romans have added lavender to their bath water. Many use Lavender oil for body massage. Others use lavender as a soothing insect repellant.
Hanging lavender to dry
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How to dry out your lavender
To collect your precious lavender from your own home garden you will need:
- Secateurs
- Rubber bands
- Newspaper
- a) Select stems with the flowers opening and using secateurs cut as long a stem as possible.
- b) Place several stems together and secure them with a rubber band. The rubber band will shrink as lavender dries out. Stems can fall out, if tied with string, as it does not shrink.
- c) Hang stems with flowers facing down. Keep out of sunlight, allowing it to dry naturally. They can be hung in a wardrobe, which will make your clothes smell nice. This should take up to 3 weeks. Place something like newspaper underneath to catch any that fall when dried.
- d) When dry remove the buds from the stems. Remove leaves from the stems.
Make use of your dried lavender by making your own mixture of potpourri, lavender wreaths, lavender bottles, or you could make lavender lemonade.
Tips for using Lavender
- Hang dried lavender in wardrobe; it will help to repel moths.
- Burn the dried sticks in a wood fire; it will give off a lovely perfume.
- Place buds in your drawers, your clothes will smell beautiful.
- Use flowers in a floral bouquet and hang on hanger in wardrobe.
- Helps with soothing irritations
- Shampoo and body wash
- Medicinal healing
- Use lavenderoil in the bath.
- Sunburn
- Sleep disorders
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Comments
Lavender grows wild here, in Spain, but I can't now remember what it looks like. I believe that in Switzerland where I am from thy make "little mice" of lavender leaves. You prepare a liquid dough, a mix of egg, flour, and water or milk, and you take a lavender leaf by its stem and dip it into that dough and then throw it into hot oil where it gets baked and swells and ends up looking like (the idea of) a mouse; the stem of the leaf has become a mousetail.
glassvisage. Yes its great.
Lavender lemonade? Wow. What an easy way to make your clothes smell better :)
Gaget girl, Lavender really make things smell beautiful.
I absolutely love lavender! I always keep a bag in my drawers...lol Great tips! Thanks!
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Eileen, thanks I will try it. I heard it drives away mosquitoes also.
Cgull . Used correctly it can be very relaxing. And so many uses for it these days especially with the oils.
I grew Lavender one time, but I failed will try it again next year.
Now that is a brilliant idea. I must try that one, thanks heaps
Lavender is supposed to help you sleep if you put a sprig inside your pillow.
Beats me, Yes I have heard that too. I should try it as I am not a good sleeper.
Hi Eileen. Lavenders are also used on scented candles. They say lavenders help you sleep better at night. I don't know how true that is, though.
Great tips Eileen! This is a very good hub.
Eileen Hughes 24 months ago
blue parrot, thats sounds like a brilliant idea, But with your sense of humor are you just pretending and having me on. If not it sounds great but dont know how long it would keep as real mouse would probably eat it. And smell nice too. cheers