Dry lavender blossom for a tea, infusion or decoction - PEP BB medicine.sand.drylavender

Nov 08, 2019 17:52:27

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

In this badge bit, you will harvest, dry and store lavender blossom.

You need to dry enough to make a tea, infusion or decoction.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container.
- label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.

Oct 20, 2020 19:01:26

I need some help with this, please.

Using this video: How to Harvest Lavender, I'm attempting to harvest some of my lavender.
It appears from the video that it's little black seeds that are the harvest.

ETA: Found the seeds. They're so small and a little labor-intensive to extract. The videos on YT look like the tincture is made from vodka and the dried flowers. Anyone have experience with this? My flowers are dried and not colorful any longer.

Oct 20, 2020 23:40:35

My mom's herb book used the whole flower, and I've only ever seen people use the flower. I think you can use the whole flower for this BB. (I mean you could just use the seed, but I don't think that's necessary!)

Maybe the video you watched was focused on harvesting the seeds to plant? (I can't watch it right now, as I'm singing my daughter to sleep right now)

gir bot · Oct 29, 2020 19:21:12

- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container.
- label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.

We have a rocky hillside that the lavender (and the basil!) just love. Pretty sure the plants are Anouk and Provese varieties. They are bumblebee heaven when they're in bloom. I took off the buds once the blooms were gone. They were pretty dry already, but I left them out in a heated room spread out on paper towels on my desk to take out any excess moisture. I stripped the pods off most of the buds, and harvested the seeds. They're amazingly small! I have the perfect "guerilla spot" in mind for them in the spring. For now, I'm going to try the tea and use a lot of the rest (there are still buds waiting to be harvested) for pot pourri Christmas gifts.

ETA: My photos apparently didn't load. Reuploading.

gir bot · Jun 25, 2021 13:19:15

I gathered some un-opened blossoms. We don't have a dehydrator but we use the oven often enough. I let the cuttings pre-dry a little until my wife made some bread. Then I used the residual heat in the oven to dry these until crispy. Then off to a jar for safe keeping.

gir bot · Sep 17, 2021 15:52:40

Found a patch of lavender in my mom's rock garden at the farm. I've been picking and drying it little by little. Dried to make oils, salves and tinctures.

gir bot · Sep 30, 2022 13:19:30

Mother dearest has a beautiful garden with all kinds of flowers, including a patch of lavender I was quite lucky to be able to harvest from.
Did also grab a few live plants as well as some seeds, both to be planted near the beehives to give my little girls some nice smelling treats.

Hung my bunches in the hallway where I do most of my drying, where I have a fan making a soft breeze to speed the process _slightly_.

gir bot · Oct 27, 2022 10:28:08

I dried some lavender I grew.

gir bot · Apr 19, 2024 13:56:50

I air-dried my lavender flowers by laying them in a single layer under a ceiling fan.

gir bot · Sep 03, 2024 07:25:00

In this badge bit, you will harvest, dry and store lavender blossom. You need to dry enough to make a tea, infusion or decoction.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container.
- label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.

gir bot · Nov 09, 2024 08:37:09

Found these on my way to work!

gir bot · Oct 25, 2025 06:57:27

Here’s my Dry Lavender Blossom submission.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container.
- label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.

gir bot · Aug 13, 2026 11:29:15

Hi,

Here is my submission for the lavender-harvesting BB:

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