Lavender
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
Canada
September 3, 2017 8:04am CST
While Camping my sister had heard of a lavender farm near Lake George.
It was a long drive from where we were camping but it was a beautiful drive and a beautiful place to visit. There were acres of both purple and white lavender. I had never seen white but I was told there its grown in England and used in food for flavor. It was growing in New York too.
My sister and I both bought a bouquet of lavender to take home.
On our way back to camp I saw a Coleman Store in Lake George so we pulled off the highway and spend some time and money in it.
Years ago for my birthday my best friend gave me a Coleman folding chair. I love it and didn't know my sister was in love with it until that day. She walked right up to the chair section of this big store and found similar to mine and she bought it.
When we got home to camp we hung our lavender under one of our pop up tents we use for pour home away from home.
This story continues to tomorrow or when ever I get it written... a hint of what is going to happen...the lavender never made it home from camp.
The name of the lavender farm is Lavenlair Farm, if the link below doesn't work you can look for it on line. I'm thinking they don't have a web site, just a photo if you google Lavender Farm in NY State.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
10 Sep 17
@PainsOnSlate you should give it a shot there
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
I think I am going to grow it fro now on, it doesn't like a lot of water so it should grow well here.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
12 Sep 17
@PainsOnSlate I will wait for all to be revealed :)
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
12 Sep 17
I have almost caught up with my friends here on myLot. I will be writing soon about the lavender that didn't get home...
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
3 Sep 17
I love Lavender and Coleman stuff both
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
We always go to coleman for our stuff, not our tents but all the smaller things. I'm thinking I need to grow lavender, it doesn't like a lot of water so I think it would grow here ...
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@LadyDuck (457249)
• Switzerland
7 Sep 17
@PainsOnSlate I have seen pink lavender, that I liked a lot, but not the white variety.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
7 Sep 17
I hadn't seen the white until this summer.
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@Marilynda1225 (79570)
• United States
3 Sep 17
Can't wait to hear what happened to your lavender and I'm hoping a bear didn't come along and steal it. Coleman does make great things for camping so shopping in a Coleman store for you would probably be like Disneyland
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
It is a fun place to wander and wish.... I promise as soon as I get caught up I will write about what happened to the lavender.
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@Ganma7 (3664)
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10 Jan 18
@PainsOnSlate I can't wait to hear either. We fly out this afternoon to Cape Coral. Finally some warmth on my bones!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Sep 17
Sounds like a wonderful day. Now I'm going to have to go see online about that coleman folding chair.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
7 Sep 17
You know how round most folding camp chairs are, and they are truly not comfortable in many situations, the Coleman chair is flat. Here is the one my sister bought, mine doesn't have a table attached.
https://www.colemancanada.ca/en_CA/chairs/outpost--elite-deck-chair/2000032011.html?cgid=coleman-furniture-chairs#start=12
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
@PainsOnSlate cool thanks for the link.
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@shaggin (71655)
• United States
20 Nov 17
@PainsOnSlate that sounds like a wonderful experience! We went every summer for a few days on vacation and always wanted to live there when we grew up. I still live in the town I grew up in but my dad spends most his time in his house in Lake George. I have only been there once last summer. Hopefully we will make it there next summer.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
20 Nov 17
When I was a teen I babysit a farm family who had 4 boys and one was a special needs, they had a camp on Lake George and we got there on an island by boat, It was my job to watch the special needs boy and I loved every minute. Its gorgeous there.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
3 Sep 17
That picture is beautiful. I can just imagine how it smelled as you were driving by. I have never been to a Coleman store, I bet it was a campers dream!
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
Coleman is our go to company for camping needs, I was awed by the size of the store and the wonderful things they sell....The farm was fun to see and we learned a lot about growing lavender...the biggie is it doesn't need a lot of water and if over-watered it will die...
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 Sep 17
We have a lavender farm nearby here in Connecticut. I personally don't care much for the smell of lavender but I do enjoy the look of it.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
27 Sep 17
I've only been to one other and it was on the west coast. it was huge and had been there for a long time, the one we say this summer is brand new and we will have to visit it again later after it grows up. We were sad to see the lavender in the mud too...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
22 Feb 18
Thanks, the scent all around us was great.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58103)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 Sep 17
I have heard of the white but never seen it in person
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
It was pretty but I prefer the purple....I hope you are safe now that the hurricane is on its way. Sending prayers south this morning.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
4 Sep 17
The only information of lavender I got is just helping for sleeping. I don't know if could be used in flavor, and even in white color.
Often I see is in purple. Few months ago, I just bought some seeds of lavender and planned to do some planting. But I didn't know how to make it work. In my area, there is always a lot of rains in long summer.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
6 Sep 17
You could try growing it in pots, keeping them away from the rain, they thrive on very little rain. I had only seen the purple before going to this farm.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
6 Sep 17
@PainsOnSlate oic. Thanks. I will try
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Jan 18
I grew up near Lake George and spend a lot of time there. I babysat a farm family that had 4 boys, their camp was on an island in the Lake and it was delightful.
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@Ganma7 (3664)
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10 Jan 18
@PainsOnSlate Look up Lavendar Pond Farm in Killingworth, CT. My friend lives down the street. What a wonderful place to visit. Amazing products as well. Let me know what you think.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
Not very long because of a storm, I will tell that story when I catch up.
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@RasmaSandra (73201)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Sep 17
A lovely photo. I love the purple and the scent of lavender. I once tried to grow it but failed.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
If you try again just know lavender does not like water, it takes very little to keep it alive and if watered too much it will die...I learned that while visiting this lavender farm...
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
3 Sep 17
I'm not sure how one uses lavender in cooking. I'm one of those people who is scent sensitive. I find the scent overpowering and end up with a headache.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
10 Sep 17
I've never used it in cooking but i do like the scent. I am sensitive to perfume so I don't wear it, I know how annoying it is to be around strong scents.
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