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Late Bloomers
October 16, 2011. 
Our English Lavender started blooming is September, nice to get such a lovely bloom as we head into the fall months. I hated to cut it as it looked so bright and cheerful. Everyone who drove by and stopped in commented on how much they enjoyed looking at it. But the inevitable first hair cut had to happen.... just like when I left my son stay with grandma for the weekend when he was about two and he had these beautiful blond curly locks; we came home and the locks were in a plastic bag!!
The lavender is hanging in the apothecary shop and it looks & smells wonderful. I think I am going to leave it hang there for as long as I can as now people get to enjoy it when they come into the shop.
Things are taking shape in the field and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it all will be okay over the winter... and everything will be just lovely in the spring. The Echinacea is filling out and starting to take up a lot of space, looks like we will be transplanting in the spring.
Now that I am outside less I am spending a great deal of time reading about and doing test batches of soap. Learning & being creative is lot of fun & I am blending up some new room sprays. I will have to take some pictures of all the soap drying for my next blog!
Mid Summer's Dream
October 03, 2011.
We did it!!! We got 3,500..ish (minus a few we lost) lavender plants in the ground, along with 200 Echinacea plants... and the major watering begins! Noah is very tired after days of supervising planting and needs to take an aromatherapy snooze next to a little English lavender plant.
The field is taking shape... soon some grass, a completed pond, additional trees as well as more perennials and... bulbs of course for spring and we will be set!!
The apothecary store is 85% done and open for business - it will always be "a work in progress". Looks great and smells even better!
A legacy Handed Over
July 17, 2011. 
There is the Tuscan Farm’s sign that was in front of Arleigh & Heather’s home going in at the entrance of our home and of course the new home of Tuscan Farm Gardens*. Arleigh and Heather were out for a drive on a sunny Saturday and happened to stop by when we were putting the sign up, it was a great spontaneous “hand-over”. Arleigh was very happy to give David a hand in putting the sign in the ground.
The Apothecary shop is officially open and we are continuing to warm it up with great Tuscan Farm soaps, balms & all the other great products you all have grown to love. The Tuscan Farm tea is steeping and people are stopping in to see Tuscan Farm Gardens part III.
Some of the lavender plants are in the ground as we prepare more beds for planting. I truly can’t wait until all the plants are in the ground, including the Echinacea which looks like it is getting ready to bloom as it awaits its new home in the ground where it can spread its roots! I guess we all have to be patient as this rainy weather has slowed things down tremendously. I just can’t wait to have lush gardens that people will really enjoy being in.
*Tuscan Farm Gardens is now located at 6834 Mt Lehman Rd. Abbotsford BC. It is a very quaint drive on north Mt. Lehman road through historical Mt. Lehman village, passed vineyards and the Mt. Lehman winery to Tuscan Farms.