Each year we are joined on the farm by Shropshire Sheep.  The Shropshires make them selves busy munching on the weeds in our lavender fields, and their helps means we can make sure our lavender is grown truly organically!  This clever breed of sheep feed only on the weeds between the plants, and not on the woody stalks of lavender.  Tried and tested in fruit plantations & vineyards, they are widely used to maintain the fields.

 

This week the Shropshires gave us an unexpected surprise when two of the girls gave birth to healthy little lambs!  It's truly a gorgeous sight seeing them scampering up and down the lavender rows.  We just wish we could keep them all year round.  Who knows, perhaps they will be back next summer, grown up and ready to lend us a hand

 

           

Hello, and welcome to our brand new blog here at Essencia Oils!  We will aim to keep you updated on our growing & harvesting seasons, and to give you snippets of the distillation process and the stunning essential oils it produces.   There will be sneaky peeks into life at Inglenook Farm, all our animals, crops & other goings on.

 

This week seems as good a week as any to kick things off, as we are preparing to harvest the lavender. The field is in full bloom now and looking absolutely stunning.  It always seems a shame to have to cut it, but cut it we must! 

 

We are now on the lookout for volunteers to help hand pick the lavender, should you be interested......