What is Hydrosol?
Whenever I go to any type of event our customers see a jar with a spray trigger and the labels clearly says: "hydrosol." Some people...
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Carriage House Lavender
Jul 28, 2022
How to Plant and Harvest Lavender
Across Oregon, lavender farms are united in one thing: it’s harvesting time. Lavender blooms during June and July typically (though this...
Carriage House Lavender
Jul 22, 2022
10 Ways to Use Lavender Essential Oil
The benefits of lavender have been accepted and used for centuries. More recently, studies have confirmed what history already knew:...
Carriage House Lavender
Jul 14, 2022
How to use Lavender Essential Oil in a diffuser
We’ve all been there. The day starts off bad, then gets worse. Your work’s deadline got pushed up a week. You spilled coffee on your...
Carriage House Lavender
Jul 7, 2022
DIY Lavender Wreath Making
Lavender wreaths are a tasteful and aromatic addition to anyone’s front door or home. We may be most familiar with Christmas wreaths, but...
annaedesmet
Jul 1, 2022
Gardener's Hand Therapy to Restore
When I garden, I seldom use gardening gloves. Gardening is a meditative and grounding activity for me (haha, get it?). I enjoy the...
Carriage House Lavender
Jun 24, 2022
Riverina Thomas and Miss Katherine LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL Spotlight
Carriage House Lavender, aka the local Oregon lavender farm, is undertaking an exciting new effort: distinguishing our 100% pure lavender...
David Murray
Nov 12, 2021
Stress Relief!
I was chatting with one of our customers the other day and the subject of “stress” came up. It was two days before Veterans Day and the...
David Murray
Aug 1, 2021
How A Lavender Plant Becomes Lavender Oil-Part 2
In our last blog, we covered the first part of turning lavender plants into oil, which was harvesting. There are 400 varieties of...
David Murray
Jun 30, 2021
Step One in Creating Lavender Oil: The Harvest
It’s harvest time! No - you didn’t sleep through summer and there’s no chance yet of frost on the pumpkins. For Carriage House Lavender...
David Murray
Mar 19, 2020
5 Ways Lavender Can Help You Relieve Cold and Flu Symptoms (and How to Use It)
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer and take preventive health care measures all winter...
David Murray
Oct 24, 2019
On your mark, get set, Grow!
Get ready gentlemen, November is No Shave November. That’s right! November is a great time to raise awareness to fight cancer by having...
David Murray
Oct 1, 2019
DREAMS
You’re probably wondering what the heck dreams have to do with men’s grooming and lavender products. We’ve got to turn the clock back...
David Murray
Sep 16, 2019
Lavender for men? You’ve got to be kidding!
Do men really want lavender products? Absolutely, yes! More and more men are discovering the benefits of lavender. And, not only that,...
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