Lavender Fields Farm

Steak Rub

Ashley Schermerhorn — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:04:45 +0000

Try this mouth watering recipe for when your grilling your steaks! You’ll love it! It is recommended for Flat Iron Steaks but will be good on any cut. This is nice because you can make it up in larger scale and then it’s already to go when you are ready to grill. There’s no marinating necessary with this so it’s a great quick way to spice up your meat.
This amount is for about 1 1/2 pound steak or 4 – 6oz steaks

MIX TOGETHER:

1 tablespoon of Lavender Fields Herb Farm Dried Italian Seasoning

2 teaspoon of lemon pepper

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon of paprika

2 tablespoons of olive oil to coat meat

Then rub the dry mixture on both sides of the meat. Grill or pan sear and enjoy!

Don’t Bug Me Spray

Ashley Schermerhorn — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:30:10 +0000

There is no better way to keep the bugs at bay while you are enjoying the outdoors then our natural bug spray. Combining essential oils to repel mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and more without the use of harmful chemicals or that oily, greasy feel. A wonderful natural alternative to “Deet” based repellants. Works great on the dogs too! 100% Natural. Safe for children and dogs. Do not use on cats. Avoid getting into eyes. Handmade with distilled water, witch hazel, glycerin,alcohol with pure aromatherapy essential oils.

Garden Tour

admin — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:01:38 +0000

Enjoy strolling the gardens with coffee in hand looking at different styles of gardening and the different plants around the retail gardens. This tour is of the gardens around the store to help give you some inspiration. We will walk around and discuss the benefits of many herbs around the gardens to prompt more questions which will lead to you answer the solutions for you and your garden. This is a new concept for us born out of customer comments so we would love to show you around and answer questions along the way. This would be great for those looking to start from scratch as well as add herbs into an existing landscape. This is an outside walking tour so please dress accordingly.

Registration and payment of $7 per person is required in advance via the website. Tour fees are non refundable.

When you arrive at the farm please check-in at the store and get your coffee.

Organic Tomato Plant Varieties

Ashley Schermerhorn — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:43:54 +0000

We are pleased to have added several more varieties of heirloom and conventional this year. All of the heirlooms are marked with an astrik *. We have small and large pots available.

Rutgers*
Mortgage Lifter
Black From Tula*

Pineapple*
Roma*
Cherokee purple*
Lemon boy
Sunkist
Celebrity
Big Boy
Better Boy
Big Beef
Early Girl
Patio
Roma
Sungold
Yellow Pear
Red Grape
Cherry
Black Cherry
Box Car Willie*

Ice Cream Flavors

lavenderfieldsfarm — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:38:58 +0000

June’s Ice Cream Flavors

Lavender
Honey
Oreo
Raspberry
Chocolate Decadence
Coffee
Sugar Free Tangerine Ice
Mint Chocolate Chunk
White Chocolate
Pralines

Let everyone enjoy gourmet ice cream at your Christmas gathering! Bring your cooler to The Farm and take home 4 servings of your favorite flavor discounted to $10.

The ice cream and lavender lemonade is now the same price, so go ahead and mix and match servings of lemonade and ice cream. $3 per serve or any 4 serves for $10. Taste’s even better on the deck overlooking the river here at the farm.

Wreath Making Class

admin — Sun, 26 May 2013 18:50:28 +0000

Come out to the farm and make a fresh herbal wreath from our gardens. Learn easy design techniques along with care tips to get the most out of your wreath. Glean useful information as we peruse the gardens to cut additional material to make your wreath pop. Take home your unique creation and enjoy it for weeks to come. Class cost is $30 and click the “add lunch” button as you check out. Lunch is $15 per person and includes your choice of entree: chef salad, grilled chicken salad, or tarragon chicken salad, as well as pasta salad, fresh fruit cup, lavender lemonade, sunchips, bottle of water and gourmet ice cream, special dietary alternatives available upon request. Registration and payment required in advance. This class is at the farm, 11300 Winfrey Roadd Glen Allen VA. Fees are non refundable.

Herbal Floral Design

lavenderfieldsfarm — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:38:23 +0000

Learn floral design techniques with herbs while getting hands on experience creating something unique. Come out and enjoy cutting fresh from the garden to create your own beautiful herbal bouquet which you will design in a clear glass vase (provided). Learn the proper process in preparing your flowers and greens to go into a vase, which helps to extend their life. You will also learn the recommended length of stem to height of vase ratio and a little trick to making a balanced and symmetrical arrangement.
Registration and payment of $20 per person is required in advance via the website. Class fees are non refundable.

When you arrive at the farm please check-in at the store.

You may also add lunch to make a special day of your visit, as you check out just click the add lunch button

Blackberry-Sage Thumbprint Cookies

lavenderfieldsfarm — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:32:43 +0000

Prep: 25 minutes
Bake: 10 minutes per batch

2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1 1/2 tsp. sage, chopped
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 egg yolks
2 tsp. finely shredded lemon peel
1½ tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup blackberry preserves

Preheat oven to 350° F. In a bowl combine flour, cornmeal, sage, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg yolks, lemon peel, and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much flour mixture as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour mixture.
Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Lightly press the tip of your thumb into center of each ball. Fill centers with about 1/4 teaspoon of the blackberry preserves. Bake 10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer to a wire rack; cool completely. Makes about 60.

This Saturday’s Classes

lavenderfieldsfarm — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:00:19 +0000

Our purpose is to Grow Local Gardeners! We want to help you get MORE out of your herbs and vegetables so we now we have two classes available on almost every Saturday to help you do that. We have added many additional classes with informative new topics as well. From what herbs that you can grow to improve your health to hands on learning and cutting herbs to create your own fresh herbal wreath to take home. Click here to view the class schedule and register today.

‘Grilling with Herbs’ Gift Baskets

lavenderfieldsfarm — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:13:39 +0000

Our dried blends are bursting with flavor to enhance all of your grilling favorites add in a cream cheese, or have them on the table and put them on everything. Enjoy each unique herbal blend and have fun using them all the more to create new favorites. They also make a great gift for anyone who likes to cook and will stay fresh for you to enjoy all summer long.

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The Complete Package.

1 Herbal Salt Blend, 1 Herbal Pepper Blend, 1 Dried Herbal Blend and 2 refillable Grinders for your salt and pepper. Choose your flavor. Each package comes with featured recipes.

Italian. A robust blend of Marjoram, Thyme, Rosemary, Savory, Sage, Oregano, Basil for those who like it Bold.
$35 – Add to cart

French. A mild blend of Chives, Parsley, Basil, Tarragon, Rosemary, Marjoram. A great everyday blend for adding subtle flavor to most everything.
$35 – Add to cart

Herbs De Provence. A classic blend of Rosemary, Thyme, Savory, Fennel Seeds, Basil, Lavender, Marjoram. One of the most well known and widely used blends for the kitchen.
$35 – Add to cart

The Dried Blend package.

The dried blend bundle. Have the herb blends you need to make any dish great. Filled with the versatile French Garden Blend, Robust Italian and the ever classic Herbs De Provence. Also makes a great gift for the foodie in your group with all flavor bases being covered by this unique package.
$25 – Add to cart