Lavender Blue......

I have quite a large lavender bush in our front garden and have never really made any attempt to dry it. I love the smell of lavender and always rub some on my hands as I pass the bush. So this year I decided to try drying some and I thought I might even make some little sachets. Embee, ever eager (hehe!!) to do some pruning, brought in a bag full and at the moment it's spread on paper. I put it in the sun that shines through the sitting room window thinking this would dry it out. Oh how wrong can you be, direct sun is a big no-no. This I found out when I decided to do a bit of research, which would have been better before I started. I now know you dry it by hanging upside down in bunches and to remove the dry flower you can gentle roll it in a pillow case. So it's back to try again the correct way.
The lavender aroma in the house takes me back to my childhood and the lavender polish my mother's cleaning lady used. I know I digress but she used to sit in the bedroom and have a crafty ciggie and my brother and I used to take great delight on going into the room to scare her just as she was puffing away. Isn't it strange how things trigger a memory that you haven't thought about for years.

I would be interested if anyone dries lavender and can give me any other tips.