All About Violets // harvesting, infusing & pressing to dry
At Okanagan Lavender & Herb Farm, we grow, harvest, dry, distill and infuse over 20 aromatic plants to make the ingredients for our small batch botanical products: www.okanaganlavender.com/
Our Workshop Wednesday series highlights our favourite herbs from the garden and how they can be used to create lovely products with simple ingredients you probably already have on hand at home!
This video is all about taking advantage of the short, springtime violet season and we show you how to harvest the fragrant blooms, infuse them in coconut oil or berry sugar, and press them for art cards or pastry decorations.
More ideas for how to use violets can be found on our blog here: www.okanaganlavender.com/blog...
Don't have violets at home but still want to try the sugar? You can find it in our online store here: shop.okanaganlavender.com/col...
For those of you who are interested in exploring the culinary side of edible flowers, Jekka McVicor's website is an excellent resource: www.jekkas.com/
You can press your own flowers easily with a folded piece of paper and a heavy book, or you can use (or make) a flower press:
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I thought I was going deaf there for a minute. Will have to listen again with my ear phones in.
I love violets! Especially to make violet lemonade!!
@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994
4 жыл бұрын
Oh that sounds delicious!
Thank you so much for this. I will give everything a try. Looking forward to the flower card making demo. 🥀
@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the reminder about the cards 🌿
My yard if is over flowing with wild violets the smell is so beautiful so I decided to look up what I could do with them and found you!!!! Im busy gathering my supplies and will be creating this week so thank you so much!!!!!
This looks like a very sweet video but I think the sound is a little low and it made it hard to hear!!
@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback, Bracha! We are still pretty new to video editing and hope that each week we will get a bit better!
thanks Andrea!
This video was so helpful! Thank you for sharing!
I’ve found close captioning to be best when watching videos.
Thank you so much, it is so therapeutic to watch your calming manner of creating wonderful products. I tried pressing violets in a heavy book but I can never get the simetrical flower. The longest pettals tend to become even longer as the peduncle (bottom of the flower) moves the pettals away after it is pressed. Do you have an advice for that?
@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994
3 ай бұрын
I press mine facing towards the paper. Sometimes removing the stem completely helps and then gently press downwards on the flowers. There is definitely much variation in the dried blooms 🌿
Can you please do over it looks like a great vedio but the sound is to low. I tried using head set the the clanging was to loud and really couldn't hear what you were saying. I'm sorry 😐 I am going to give you a true thumbs up just because you seem to know what you need to do. It's just the sound. Kathy from West Virginia. I love my Herbalife that the father in heaven has offered to me. Hope to see you again soon.
Love it. Looking forward. Cannot hear you.
Thank you Andrea. It’s really a great video. Especially that you show us how to pick the flowers. I have e question though. Is the coconut scent not heavy than the violets? I mean it wouldn’t smell like pure violets. Why do you prefer coconut oil can you please explain? 💟
@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994
3 жыл бұрын
You are correct, the coconut aroma is heavy, but I love to blend it with beeswax and almond oil for a nourishing balm. I often warm the oil after 2 days then, strain out the violets, adding fresh violets again. if you do this over 2 weeks, repeatedly the violet aroma becomes more prominent each time. I also do a tincture with violets in vodka to create a room mist, this is so lovely!
I cant hear a word your saying!
@brookel4787
3 ай бұрын
Same
Mame you're either to far from your mic or you need to talk louder
Can't believe you use a microwave.