Hi Cuties, another beautiful day down here in Launceston.
We were picked up by our driver and fortunately we were the only ones on the mini bus, but when we arrived there were quite a few people. The staff of the Bridestowe Lavender farm made sure we were all socially distanced and hand sanitiser was to be found everywhere. Fortunately for me I bring my own, as some of them are so astringent they make my hands crack!
It was cooler today and slightly overcast, but still a lovely day of travelling and smelling the Lavender. I bought some lovely hand and body lotion and some bags of fresh lavender to place under your pillows. Ophelie has trouble sleeping, so I thought it would be good for her.
We're off to the Gorge again tomorrow morning for breakfast, so I'll take some pictures of the rare fir tree copse that I didn't get to do yesterday.
We are off to a beautiful restaurant for dinner tonight where the food is absolutely magnificent. I'll try to remember to take some pictures.
I couldn't photograph the acres and acres of Lavender
and do them justice, so I took a video, but of course, can't upload it to Cute. The smell was absolutely delicious, it's all French Lavender, so not as strong as the English Lavender.
1. An oak tree that is about 150 years old.
2. A bank of Hydrangeas, I'm so green, 'cause I can't get the beautiful blue like they do down here. The soil is very volcanic.
3. A massive Bumble bee on one of the Hydrangea florets.
I was just reading Sandie's post and she and her husband have got the Corona virus against all odds of being so careful. It's such an insidious disease.
As I'm writing this answer it's 9.10 Wednesday evening and it's raining outside our bedroom window. You can smell the rain, which I love. Love Chris
I think I need to add some acidity to my soil.
I just found this on the internet - "Generally speaking, acidic soil, with a pH lower than 6.0, yields blue or lavender-blue hydrangea blooms. Alkaline soil, with a pH above 7.0, promotes pinks and reds. With a pH between 6 and 7, the blooms turn purple or bluish-pink. To lower your pH, add garden sulphur or aluminium sulphate to your soil." Love Chris
I've got Pink Hydrangeas out in a little boxed area in my back garden and for years had Lavender out on the front garden bed, but they went woody looking, so I pulled them up. Love Chris