Mary Allen
He mea kanu ka Lavender. ʻO kā lākou mau pua a hiki i ʻewalu kenimika ka lōʻihi. He poni māmā a he nani ke nānā aku. ʻO ia ke kumu i kanu pinepine ʻia ai ka lavender i mea hoʻonani i nā māla.
Hāʻawi ka Lavender i kahi ʻala kūikawā. I ka wā ma mua, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻeke liʻiliʻi o ka lavender maloʻo i loko o ke keʻena i mea ʻala maikaʻi nā lole. I kēia lā, hoʻohana nui ʻia ka ʻaila lavender e hāʻawi i ke kopa i mea ʻala kūikawā.
ʻO Lavender mai ka ʻāina Mediterranean. Ma laila e ulu ai ma nā pali i nā wahi maloʻo, mahana, no ka laʻana ma Tuscany a i Provence paha. Ma hope mai, kanu nā mōneka i ka lavender ma ka ʻākau o nā Alps. He ikaika ka lavender e ola ai i ka hoʻoilo ma laila. Eia naʻe, maʻa mau ke ʻala nāwaliwali ma laila ma mua o ke kanu ʻana i ka hema.
I ka Mediterranean, pua pinepine ka lavender mai Iune a ʻAukake. I loko o kēia manawa a ma hope koke iho e ʻohi ʻia ai. ʻOhi ʻia e ka lima ma mua, akā i kēia lā ua hoʻohana ʻia nā mīkini kūikawā. Hoʻoweliweli nā ʻano mea ʻino i ka lavender. Loaʻa kēia mau ʻano makika like ʻole, nā ʻōpala, a me nā cicadas. Lawe lākou i ka maʻi bacteria a maʻi i ka lavender. Ma ka mahiʻai, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hoʻohana ʻia nā insecticides, i kapa ʻia he insecticides.