French lavender

Busy cutting lavender before the heavy rain and thunder makes it too damp, but left plenty for the bees. My mum makes lavender wands, weaving ribbon somehow between long sticks, you need an odd number and they need to be fresh.

During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was often 'strewn' on the floors of homes, castles and streets to keep insects away and mask smells. Ho hum

Below are links for uses of lavender - not so sure about using lavender in food, i made some lavender biscuits and felt ill for some time near lavender
http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a3410-how-to-use-lavender.html
http://healthmad.com/alternative/10-uses-for-lavender/