Spring 2022

We had a long snowy winter followed by a record breaking rainy spring. We hope to dry out a bit soon so that the 200 new plants don’t drown! We have a total of 2400 plants now and 9 cultivars. The field is looking great and the season 3 plants are really filled out nicely. Season 2 plantings are looking strong! The field is growing by the day and the plants are shooting up long stems of flower buds with even a few beginning to open already in mid June.

Our fall and winter construction projects are wrapped up. We purchased a commercial 35 gallon still to do our own on site distillation of lavender essential oil and hydrosol. We hope to retail sale enough of the oil to purchase a lavender harvester for next season.

We broke ground on another acre or so adjacent to the field which will be used for a new alpaca paddock and perhaps eventual parking area should we ever branch out into agritourism. We are mulling over thoughts of doing photography sessions, building a store front next to the field and a barn for the equipment a few years down the road.

We would love to see you visit the farm. When the gate is open we are around! We have no set hours so please do call or text ahead at (719)238-1392 if you want to see the farm and or purchase any of our handmade products that you see on the website.

Cheers!

Alex and Mary Porter