After a summer season full of guests it was time to start with our farm activity. After the terrain was plowed, we ordered 25 000 lavender plants, a big investment but without plants, no farm of course.
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The cooperation we are part of came with a special tractor with a system for “easy” planting … Well, easy for the 2 men with experience, but for me – with my 2 left hands – it was a true challenge to get a small plant untangled and in the machine every second … yes, every second !!!
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In one day with managed to do all 2.5 hectares of fields, … but not all 25 000 plants. Especially in my rows there were a lot of gaps. This meant that for the next 3 weeks we would be busy planting all those little lavender plants on our hands and knees.
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As you can see from one of the pictures, the plants we planted were still very small and from afar invisible, so the next tourist season we received a lot of questions about when we would plant … until I told them to look closer … 😀
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