Hi Everyone,

We have finally uploaded the winner and the best of the runners up.  They can be found on our photo galleries tab on the home page.  There really is so much talent its often very hard to pick a winner.  We look for photos that celebrate the experience of being on the farm and ones which we could possibly commercialise if we ever got organised enough to do it properly!  The photos in the top 12 could all be winners in their own right and the ones in the other category (best of the rest) were photos that we loved but we had to make some tough choices.  If your photo was not chosen it simply means that we had to cut out about 85% of photos submitted to make it a manageable upload and as we will be running the competition again next year you can always have another go – who knows – you might be the one that captures something special to make you our winner next year.

Best wishes

Lorna and Brendan

Finished Harvesting

Hi Everyone,

Well its all finished for 2011.  We will just spend a few days tidying up the field but the hard task of cutting all the lavender is now complete.  We will shift our focus to our new project for a few months and see what progress can be made.

Best wishes

Lorna and Brendan

Best wishes

Brendan

Just when you thought summer was over!

So it seems like the weather is going to be very good for the next few days!  The forecast is for 27C tomorrow and even hotter by the weekend.  e have decided to open the shop while the going is good as we will be harvesting through to the weekend anyway.  Maybe we will see you there – we will be open from 10am to 5pm until Sunday 2 October.

Best wishes

Lorna and Brendan

The season draws to a close

Hi Everyone

First of all a really big thank you to everyone who supported us this year.  It was a challenging season but as with previous years it brings its ups as well as its downs.  The lavender staged a late recovery albeit not as profuse as in previous years but it means that the season was extended by a months or so as well.  Anyway we have cut about 60% of the lavender now and we are aiming to cut the balance as soon as have the time to get it completed.  The colour has now totally faded so we have shut the gate and closed for the season.  We will open again in December if we are not snowbound and we will have some lovely Christmas gifts for sale.

In the meantime we will be working on our new venture – which is the renovation of a delapidated nursery in Driftbridge, Ewell, Epsom.  We have acquired 11 acres of land which has been totally overgrown and we have plans to bring it back to life.  This is quite a challenge in terms of time as well as physical and financial resources but we remain foolishly optimistic!

We will keep you posted.

Best wishes

Lorna and Brendan