From Dallas Morning News, July 18, 2008...
It was her husband's idea to move to Blanco from Austin, to buy and restore an old stone barn to live in and to plant thousands of lavender plants as a crop in the rocky, limestone soil. A National Geographic photographer, Robb Kendrick had spent weeks in the south of France documenting how perfume is made. He noticed the similarities in soil and climate between Provence and the Hill Country.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Lavender Queen
From CNNMoney.com, June, 2008...
This memoir could just as easily have been titled The Unlikely Entrepreneur, as Ralston goes from highflying Manhattan writer to founder and primary farmhand of the first lavender company in Texas. She battles scorpions, heat, and isolation but finds liberation through running a business. Hill Country Lavender has since spawned imitators, a lavender festival, and a flourishing summer economy for the town of Blanco.
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This memoir could just as easily have been titled The Unlikely Entrepreneur, as Ralston goes from highflying Manhattan writer to founder and primary farmhand of the first lavender company in Texas. She battles scorpions, heat, and isolation but finds liberation through running a business. Hill Country Lavender has since spawned imitators, a lavender festival, and a flourishing summer economy for the town of Blanco.
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