If you really start to look around your home, you may find that there are actually lots of different ways that you can save money. Cut your energy bills by switching off lights and only heating the rooms that you use. Rent out that spare room on Air BnB. Buy fresh, unpackaged and unprocessed ingredients… Read more »
At this time of year, here on our lovely Jersey Lavender Farm, we (along with many other of you we’re sure!) find our thoughts increasingly turning to Christmas and all things Christmassy. There are so many things that mean Christmas (and winter in general), but especially food and gifts tend to spring into our minds…. Read more »
Unfortunately, as with so many things in life these days, you don’t always get what you pay for. The trade-in counterfeit goods are growing at an alarming rate and in 2012 in Europe alone, almost 40 million products were detained by EU customs with an estimated value of c. €1bn – and these were only… Read more »
Sometimes it feels like there is no end to the number of uses that can be found for one simple little bottle of our gorgeous Jersey Lavender Essential Oil – and most of these can be enjoyed by nearly everyone (babies and pregnant women excepting). However there are a few times when lavender’s amazing properties… Read more »
Whether you are one of the privileged bunch who is lucky enough to live on the fabulous Channel Island of Jersey or if you are one of the very welcome visitors to our lovely island, your time in Jersey really isn’t complete without a visit to our wonderful and unique Jersey Lavender Farm. The farm… Read more »
Long before the advent of modern medicine, people were using the amazing properties of different plants to maintain health and cure disease. However, with the rise of big pharmaceutical companies this reliance on nature has waned and now many people’s first point of call for keeping them healthy is the chemist. However, just because the… Read more »
One of the many things that we love to do with our crop of gorgeous Jersey lavender is to preserve it, so that we can enjoy a load of lavender loveliness right throughout the year, rather than just in its summer flowering season. And happily lavender is more than happy to oblige, lending itself to… Read more »
Almost all of us will have had trouble dropping off to sleep sometimes, and whereas this is certainly not as severe as the debilitating condition of insomnia, it is definitely annoying and can impact how we function and feel the next day. So what can you do to ensure that you get the great night’s… Read more »
A recent study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has dubbed Britain the ‘fat man of Europe’, with nearly 25% of adults in the UK being obese, this being the highest level in Western Europe. Worryingly this figure has more than trebled in the last 30 years; in 1980 only 6% of men and… Read more »
Sometimes it seems like there is no end to the number of things that you can do with just lavender essential oil. Everything from sending you off into a great night’s sleep to treating insect bites, minimising the appearance of scars and even just making your home smell amazing. However, we have recently been reading… Read more »
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