Lavender Harvest - Day 3. The End

Last day we have worked just till 10:00am, and it was the most satisfaction day of them all. To see many natures creatures on just a few plants that are left was breathtaking, bees,bumblebees and butterflies were flying on just a few remaining plants of Lavender. And the full depot in our old village home was full of Lavender and smelling like Heaven... Sight that you have to see 

The most interesting fact of all was proven by our friends that helped us on the field, some of them including me,cut their hand and legs with the sharp ends of the sickle and we just rubbed our wounds with the Lavender Flowers and the next day they magically disappeared or partial healed by themselves, the blood instantly stopped leaking on them... It works like a charm

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Last Lavender Bush filled with Bumblebees.3gp Watch on Posterous

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Lavender Harvesting - Day 2. @ on the Field

Hot, Hot,Hot on the field... Hotter than yesterday, in the morning I had to go and distill some more Lavender Oil as the rest of the crew boiled themselves on the field, later that day I have joined the battle against the sun with them.

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Harvesting Lavender - Day 1. @ the Distillery

Later that same day, we transported around 400kg of Lavender to the family distillery in Brođanci near Osijek, at OPG Nesek headquarter, they have the most efficient and powerful distillery in eastern Croatia, hand made it has a capacity of 200 kg per round.

And the first Essential Oil started to leak from the powerfull machine... we were very happy, that's what we been waiting for a year

Here are some Photos and videos from that day, you can see the full gallery here and the Video Blog is available on Lavender Croatia's Youtube channel

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First Lavender Essential Oil starts to Leak.3gp Watch on Posterous

Lavender Distilation in Croatia.3gp Watch on Posterous

Lavender Essential Oil Distilation in Croatia.3gp Watch on Posterous

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Harvesting Lavender - Day 1. @ OPG Šuler R.

Yes, the harvesting day came,  it was one of the most hotes days in the last 100 years according to Croatian Meteo service.

Soil was burning but we knew what we had to do, Harvest Lavender!

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Lavender Just Before Harvest

Just a few days before the Lavender harvest, we took a field trip to our Lavender Field near Dalj, Croatia.

It the OPG Rozalija Šuler family farm a part of www.lavender-croatia.com project.

Next weekend you may expect new photos and video's, it will be a larger post than this, it's for sure ;)

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