Spring Garden Tour and House Blessing
Enjoy Lunch and Tour the Farm Sunday March 16th Vegetarian Lunch at 1:00pm @ Haven Place Haven House Blessing @ 2:15pm Garden Tour at 2:30pm Parking @ 732 Haven Place, Camano Island Directions Spring is Coming… The plants have gone dormant for the winter, but we haven’t! Help us welcome our second spring here on Camano Island. Come view transformations in the landscape, meet new animals, see the first plants of the year, and enjoy lunch with friends. Walk about the Farm… We love working out here with Mother Nature and are looking forward to sharing with you! See for yourself where this year’s fruits, vegetables, and herbs will grow. We’ll…
Open House August 10
Join us for our first open house, August 10, 10 am to 3 pm. We will have tours and samples, nature activities and food and herb processing demonstrations. All free – all are welcome! Click here for directions, or set your GPS to 749 Tycory Lane, Camano Island, WA.
Lavender Hydrosol for burns
One of the products being produced at Ananda Farms Camano is lavender hydrosol, using lavender grown on the farm. This preparation is very effective in preventing kitchen burns and treating sunburn. Lavender Hydrosols are made by distilling Lavender flowering stalks. Distillation converts the volatile liquid (the essential oils) into a vapor and then condenses the vapor back into a liquid – it is the most popular, and cost effective method in use today to produce essential oils and hydrosols. Literally all of the commercial products of lavender hydrosols have extracted the lavender essential oil so only the water portion is left. By contrast, the process Sara, Joanne and Hailey are using at…