Lavender

Health Benefits:

Helps with insomnia
May reduce stress
Promotes healthy gums and teeth
Relieves arthritis

Nutrition:

N/A

Did You Know?

• Lavender flowers can be crushed and steeped in hot water to create a tea that will relax you and help you fall asleep.
• A recent study depression/anxiety study showed that those taking a lavendar capusle showed as much improvement as those taking lorazepam.
• Lavender oil can be used as a natural bug repellant, while we love the smell of it, mosquitoes do not!
• Lavender oil can also be used to relieve sprains and joint pain when rubbed on the skin at the site of the pain.

Ways to Eat:

• Steep the flowers and drink as a tea
• In baked goods
• Infused in sugar for baking or simple syrup for cocktails

Farming Trivia:

• Lavender has the following properties: antibacterial, antidepressant, analgesic, antiseptic, cicatrizant, expectorant, nervice, and vulnerary
• Lavender plants don't produce seeds; propagation is done by cutting or root divisions
• Can be planted year round