Lavender Bottles

Do you have a lot of lavender? I sure do and I'm grateful to my friend Karen (aka Keggy on ABY) for sending me directions on how to use it to make lavender bottles.
Cut long lengths of lavender. Select 13-14 stems and gather them with a ribbon tying the ribbon directly below the blooms.


Wrap the two ends of the ribbon around the blooms and tie off at the top.

Bring the stems up over the blooms one at a time.Tie the stems together at the top and trim the stems to the same length. Hang in a closet or place in a drawer for that wonderful lavender scent.
I have to give credit for the lavender bottle directions to this lavender craft website.

Garlic Harvest

I planted garlic cloves that came from the store last fall. Emily declared them done this week so we pulled them and let them dry. Here they are cleaned up and ready to use. Not very big, but usable.