Introducing…Lavender Candles!

Boy do we have a treat for you today! We at Santa Rita Hills Lavender we’re thinking, what can we add to our product line that might complement what we are already selling in the farmstand? So we went online and learned how to make candles! They smell amazing and are pretty easy to make, here’s how we did it!

First, we take the wicks and stick them to the bottom of the containers where we will be pouring our wax into.

Next we heat the wax in a double boiler, waiting until it reads at 160 degrees. Here you can see as the wax melts as it gets up to temperature.

Once the wax is fully melted, we then wait for it to cool down to 130 degrees so as not to burn off the essential oil before it mixes in the wax. Once it cools, slowly add in the lavender essential oil, mixing it as it is poured.

With the essential oil infused into the wax, now we take the liquid candle and pour it into the containers with the wicks.

Now we play the waiting game… In order to add the rhinestones onto the candle the wax needs to solidify, once it has gained some rigidity you can now add on your rhinestones for a splash of color.

And voila! Lavender candles ready to purchase! Don’t miss out on getting one for the holiday season, there either in the farmstand or in our online store, get your today!

Rain Day Means a Day Off!

This week at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm off to a wet and cold start, it’s raining!?! What’s going on, it never rains in California!

With the rain comes a day off from working around the farmstand, so we decided to do some work indoors, starting with taking advantage of all the eggs we gathered this weekend by making some homemade eggnog, yum yum yum!

This batch we made was non alcoholic, but you can spice your eggnog up however you like. We love this recipe we found online, of course we used our farm fresh eggs, get them on the weekends from our farmstand!

Cheers to You!

As we get closer to the holidays, we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm would like to propose a toast to all those who have supported our farmstand this year, here’s what we’re drinking tonight, a Pomacello Martini , tons of flavor and tons of fun to make! The ingredients are pretty simple, just pomegranate juice, limoncello liqueur, vodka, and fresh lemon!

We try to do as much as we can with local ingredients, the pomegranates and the lemons were from our trees and the limoncello is from a local distilllery out of Buellton, DorWood. All you need to do make this drink is pour the pomegranate juice, limoncello, and the vodka into a cocktail shaker over ice, then shake vigorously. Then you strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a slice of lemon, so good, you should try it for yourself!

Christmas Time is Around the Corner!

First of all, we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween Night! While trick or treating is certainly a lot of fun, we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm absolutely love the Christmas season, so much so we have started putting up winter decorations now around the farmstand, who cares about Thanksgiving decorations amirite?

Be sure to pick up pomegranates to add a little zest to your next meal, along with farm fresh eggs gathered everyday fresh! Our girls love them, so should you!

New Neighbors Came to Visit!

We have some new neighbors who have come to visit Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm!

Two herons came to the property to get a quick bite to eat, unfortunately we didn’t have any lizards for sale in the farmstand, but they were able to find some food lying around! 😆

Always Looking To Improve!

This planting season, we here at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm decided to try at a really innovative way to do your trellising for cut flowers, using bent cow panels as opposed to hoops with plastic.

We believe that this way looks way more appealing in the rows then hoops and plastic, and also seems way easier to put into the ground and to dig it out at the end of the season.

We also have been experimenting with different styles for our lavender wreaths, be sure to check them out at the farmstand, open during our off season every Saturday and Sunday from 11-4pm, or check out our selection of products for here.

Now Serving, Lavender Infused Honey!

Oh boy, do we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm have a treat for you! Thanks to partnering with Bee Wild Collective, a Santa Barbara County bee company who helps find hives for displaced swarms, we now have access to tons of Chapperelle flower honey! They asked us to try infusing lavender into their honey by putting the dried buds into a bucket of honey, but we wondered, is their a better way?

That's when we went to the lab and after doing a little research and looking around at the tools we had we, discovered an amazing new technique to infuse your honey quickly and completely! What an amazing discovery!

This honey has an amazing color and the taste, to die for! Come by the farmstand and pick yourself up a little luxury in a bottle, or pick up the honey off our website. This honey you ain't gonna find anywhere else, so be sure to try it out!

Beauty Shots Part 1

Sometimes at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm we like to show off some of the beautiful flowers that we offer at the farmstand or on Doordash, if only to make your day a little more special!

This dahlia has such a vibrant burgundy color to it, I personally think it looks a little like a red lion , what can you see?

These Pom Pom Dahlias look like the cake pops that used to be so trendy, just not as many calories!

Look at those first Anemone popping up to say hello, can’t wait till we can start adding you guys into our seasonal bouquets!

Last but certainly not least, we have the narcissus starting to bloom too, I know they look like roses, but they are actually a whole different type of flower! Be sure to come check out our farmstand to see all the flowers in their true glory or at the Orcutt Farmer’s Market today from 4 to 7pm.

What a Time To Clone!

We at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm are always looking to expand our product line, and what better way then to sell lavender cutting for clones?

Sunset is always the best time to do cuttings, especially if it's hotter than you know what out! Special shout out to Bubbah, Barbee. And Blanca for their help watching out for anyone who might be sneaking up on the farmstand while we work. If you are interested in getting lavender for tour garden, contact us via phone or email to reserve your cuttings before they are all spoken for!

Sleeping On the Job Eh?

Hey guy, Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm is a business, there ain’t no time for sleeping around here!

Look the butterflies are doing their job pollinating, you need to get yourself together bumblebee, you’re slacking!

Don’t worry unlike those sleepy bees, we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm won’t rest to give you the best experience possible, come check out the farmstand every weekend, open from 11am to 4pm!

What A Wonderful Time!

The Wonderful Pomegranates are in full production now! Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm is happy to show off our multiple varieties of pomegranates, stop by the farmstand to get a few superfoods to spice up your day!

If you want all the flavor and none of the work, don’t worry, we also have pomegranate seeds and pomegranate juice as well, now you have no excuse! Stop by this weekend and super up your week.

Someone Say Poms?

The pomegranate trees we planted last year around Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm are finally starting to produce fruit! Not bad for their first year in the ground!

Pomegranates are high in anti-oxidants and are a great fruit to start your day off right, even Inyx loves them!

Along with the pomegranates, we are now also selling fresh herbs bundles in the farmstand, come and felt your Thai basil, rosemary, thyme, and culinary lavender!

Bath and Body Goodies

We at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm have noticed guests to the farmstand have alot of questions about what products we like, so we decided to start doing product showcases on all of the goodies available now in the farmstand!

This is our display of our bath and shower products, our Lavender shower and bath Bombs have and unbelievable smell to them. Another one of our great smelling products is the olive oil lavender oatmeal soap, one of our best sellers with an amazing smell and feel, hope you can come by to check out all the great items in our farmstand!

Launch Day!

Exciting day here at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, its Launch Day!

Vandenberg Space Force Base is gearing up for the final launch of Delta IV rocket today. The Delta IV Heavy Rocket is one of the largest heavy lift rockets in the world and is set to blast off into space from Vandenberg one final time this weekend.If you want to see the launch for yourself, the launch window opens at 1:50 p.m. on Saturday. Come and stop by the farmstand so as not to miss out on this experience!

See you at the Market!

Whew did we need that rain at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm! We were thinking we needed to hose down the farmstand too, lucky it rained 2 inches!

With the rain in the hindsight, today is the Orcutt Farmers Market and we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm are excited to show off our Lavender and seasonal cut flowers! Come and see us today in downtown Orcutt from 4-7pm, hope to see you there!