the lavender fields of alabama
a while back i'm sure i posted all about how there are now otto quast, aka spanish lavender derivitive fields in Alabama. You can blame robyn mckenna. I asked the local herb vendor to carry otto quast. I found out about it from the lavenderfestival in sequim (say skwim) washington. I found out about that annual event vistiting Katty T. Great when she lived in Seattle area. We were on a ferry to Bainbridge island and i saw a flyer.
Eventually toad took me there and of course there are lavenderfestival pictures up on my ~tealfrog picture page. Ed-honey posted them for me back before I could sit still long enough to do that, especially with dial up. :)
My otto quast died from the neighbor's dog peeeeing on it continually. there is a leash law, and i should have demanded she pay me for it's value. Anyway, i asked the local place to get some adn they did not. So i asked another place and they did. YAY. organic lavender otto quast which must have then been planted by other people too, but shhhh, we aren't discussing that, even tho it's my request that brought it in. We are discussing the fact that my plants seeds were blown about during hurricane ivan, landed in the creeks around here, fly creek is one, and went into mobile bay. During the subsequent storms, like tropical storm matthew and then katrina and rita and all their little friends, the seeds washed into bon secour national wildlife refuge. There's a nature conservancy sign and photo too, but i'm not sure who is in charge anymore over there. We are never there when the office is open.
So, the other day, rob and robyn mckenna got some more lavender plants and planted them in the back yard. We are not asking for a hurricane, oh no. This was my valentine's present. There is one plant for every year we have been married and two for the two years we dated, and one giant one in a pot for all the years we dated before that, but were not dating exclusively because salamanders were trying to keep the frogs and toads apart. :) Sometimes you do have to watch those other amphibians!
So, now there are lavender fields okay, field! in my backyard. Eventually I will post a photo.
Happy happy VD! :)
Les, got your valentine's frog socks i gave you last year? :) Ed, i know your chocolate is gone, i helped you eat it! :) *Grin*
Now beth will have another reason to say she can't visit amphibiana besides the cats! :)
Eventually toad took me there and of course there are lavenderfestival pictures up on my ~tealfrog picture page. Ed-honey posted them for me back before I could sit still long enough to do that, especially with dial up. :)
My otto quast died from the neighbor's dog peeeeing on it continually. there is a leash law, and i should have demanded she pay me for it's value. Anyway, i asked the local place to get some adn they did not. So i asked another place and they did. YAY. organic lavender otto quast which must have then been planted by other people too, but shhhh, we aren't discussing that, even tho it's my request that brought it in. We are discussing the fact that my plants seeds were blown about during hurricane ivan, landed in the creeks around here, fly creek is one, and went into mobile bay. During the subsequent storms, like tropical storm matthew and then katrina and rita and all their little friends, the seeds washed into bon secour national wildlife refuge. There's a nature conservancy sign and photo too, but i'm not sure who is in charge anymore over there. We are never there when the office is open.
So, the other day, rob and robyn mckenna got some more lavender plants and planted them in the back yard. We are not asking for a hurricane, oh no. This was my valentine's present. There is one plant for every year we have been married and two for the two years we dated, and one giant one in a pot for all the years we dated before that, but were not dating exclusively because salamanders were trying to keep the frogs and toads apart. :) Sometimes you do have to watch those other amphibians!
So, now there are lavender fields okay, field! in my backyard. Eventually I will post a photo.
Happy happy VD! :)
Les, got your valentine's frog socks i gave you last year? :) Ed, i know your chocolate is gone, i helped you eat it! :) *Grin*
Now beth will have another reason to say she can't visit amphibiana besides the cats! :)