Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
Today’s City Daily Photo Theme Day topic is “Purple.” And you don’t have to look far in Sequim (pronounced “Skwim”) to find it. Folks around here have declared it the Lavender Capital of North America and by mid-summer there’s plenty of purple to go around. This is Kitty B’s Lavender, one of our local farms.
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Here’s another way that the lavender in Sequim gets processed: it’s dried. We were invited into the drying barn at Kitty B’s Lavender where workers were busy processing bundles of lavender to be hung and dried.
Bundles are hung like string bound vines with fans running to keep down mildew.
Dried lavender is sold as aromatic bouquets and sachets, woven into wreaths and flower arrangements, and some strains have culinary uses as in herbs de Provence. It can be mixed into baking soda and used as a carpet freshener or mixed into sugar as a flavoring.
My favorite lavender operations have a dreamy setting with nice views. Kitty B’s is one of those operations.
The farm is beautifully manicured and has the requisite gazebo that adds just the right touch.
Like most of our lavender farms, Kitty B’s has a residence on site. Its garden is a knockout.