LAVENDER: RECOMMENDATION FOR USING

Put equal quantities of bruised fresh lavender flowers and sugar in a glass jar. Seal, and shake well every few days. After about one month, sift the sugar to remove the lavender flowers, and you have a delicately perfumed topping for a cake or biscuits. Ice-cream made with lavender sugar is unusual and refreshing. Serve it decorated with one or two lavender flowers. Remember, before making your lavender sugar, the flowers must always be bruised first to release their perfumed oils. A small glass mortar and pestle, obtainable from chemical suppliers, is ideal for use with herbs. Small quantities may be crushed to make herbal oils or vinegars, and the glass will not retain individual odours and flavours as wood or stoneware may do.

Lavender oil is a powerful insect repellent. A few drops rubbed on the skin before bushwalking or barbecuing will repel troublesome midges, flies and mosquitoes. It can also be used for rubbing rheumatic joints and aches and pains due to over-exertion.

Italian Lavender is a delicate little member of the family, with small silvery leaves and the typical flower-head, of deep-purple colour in this case, and of a square regular shape. This variety is a native of the Mediterranean, and loves warmth but not excessive heat. It will flower best in the spring.

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