Lavender Bags

**shirlthegirl43** · 18-06-2008, 09:26 PM

Pick the flower heads when they are looking gorgeous and smelling even more wonderful. Keep them on their stalks and tie in bunches of about ten stems and hang upside down in a warm, dry, dark, well-ventilated place. Airing cupboard, warm loft or outhouse is great. Ideal drying conditions are 32 degrees C for the first 24 hours, then 24-26C thereafter. Allow to dry fully - anything from one to three weeks. Once fully dried, remove flowers and place in bags (I think you need quite a close weave fabric or they poke through)

Hope that helps. Drying advice from The Complete Book of Herbs by Lesley Bremness.

**Shortie** · 18-06-2008, 10:11 PM

OOo thanks Shirl! I'll be re-using clothing fabrics that will be close weave so that should be fine

Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post

Pick the flower heads when they are looking gorgeous and smelling even more wonderful.

What a fab description! That made me smile

**shirlthegirl43** · 19-06-2008, 08:42 AM

You wouldn't guess I like lavender then?

**JILLY JACKSON** · 19-06-2008, 08:51 AM

great, i was wondering what to do with mine,its lovely at the moment,so guess what? thanks for the idea.

**Hilary B** · 19-06-2008, 09:30 AM

I just wish rosemary was as easy! Lavendar helps you sleep (well it works for me) but rosemary helps you relax without making you sleepy.

**shirlthegirl43** · 19-06-2008, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by Hilary B View Post

I just wish rosemary was as easy! Lavendar helps you sleep (well it works for me) but rosemary helps you relax without making you sleepy.

Same instructions for drying rosemary Hilary B - tie with string in small bunches.

**Hilary B** · 19-06-2008, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post

Same instructions for drying rosemary Hilary B - tie with string in small bunches.

Yeah, but it doesn't work the same way because it grows different.......
To avoid stalky bits on lavendar you to rub the flowers off the stalks and put just the flowers in the bags. Can't do that with rosemary.....

**shirlthegirl43** · 19-06-2008, 11:37 AM

Ah, sorry, see what you mean now. What about if you crushed it up with mortar and pestle and mixed it with barley or something as a 'carrier'?

**Hilary B** · 19-06-2008, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post

Ah, sorry, see what you mean now. What about if you crushed it up with mortar and pestle and mixed it with barley or something as a 'carrier'?

Worth a try......

**areia** · 19-06-2008, 01:15 PM

i always wondered about people working lavender feilds they wouldnt get the job finished as they would fall asleep

me and my son love lavender *reminds him of his great granma bless him * we made pretty but simple bags 2 heart shapes edged using pinking shears to prevent too much fraying stitched round cm in with small hole in the top to fill with lavender then hand stiched at the top and a little bow or one of little predone roses you can buy and an matching colour hanging ribbon on the top so you can hang them anywhere. Pretty thin cotton or oganza even silk, i normaly hunt round charity shops and cut up old dresses etc

**Shortie** · 20-06-2008, 01:53 PM

Argh! While pegging out my washing this morning I saw my lavendar has flowered. Is it too late to use it now?

**shirlthegirl43** · 20-06-2008, 02:06 PM

Tis the flowers you need Shortie. The lovely little bits of purple are what you are seeking to put in the bags. Pick with about 4-6 inches of stalk so you can tie the stalks to hang them for drying.

http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com...rahflowers.jpg

If you have french lavender which looks like this...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...der_flower.jpg

I am unsure whether the flowers would separate to look like this...

http://herb-magic.com/lavender.jpg

after drying.

Hope that helps a bit

**Shortie** · 20-06-2008, 10:24 PM

Thanks Shirl. I always thought it was the unopened flowers that were used, lol. Thank goodness!

I was going to use my lavendar that looks like the top link

**lynda66** · 20-06-2008, 11:50 PM

can you not dry it in the microwave? i've dried other leaves and stuff out that way?

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