It takes tons of hard work to run a successful farm, so much so that farming is considered one of the most difficult industry for workers. With every type of farming you are always working towards one big goal at the end. If you are an arable farmer then you are working towards the harvest in the summer when all your hard work up to that point can depend on the weather. If the weather is bad and your cereal crops are ruined your year's work will have been for nothing. Livestock farmers who sell their animals for meat work hard to keep their pigs, cows, and lambs healthy and fat so that they will get a high price. A lot of young people in the UK do not want anything to do with a life of arable or livestock farming since it demands lots of effort with little income.
For people who want to work in the countryside, however, alternative farming types are a good idea. Lavender essential oil brings in a good price due to its high demand in the current market, so a lot of farmers are adding lavender to their regular cycle of crops. High quality lavender essential oil is worth a bit more. Again, however, you have the same problem as with other types of farming. You are putting in a lot of hard work during the year, working up to the summer harvest which may or may not be worth it. This is the risk that one must take if you are to try and make an income.
Once you have harvested a solid lavender crop, products like shampoo and soap can be made from your lavender essential oil. There are countless other beauty products that you can produce. Alone the oil is also a great treatment for anything from head lice to insomnia. There are hundreds of acres of lavender farming ground in the Provence area; most of this lavender is used commercially by beauty product manufacturers around the world. There are also huge lavender farms in Australia where lavender flourishes due to the hot, dry climate that is present in areas such as New South Wales and Tasmania.
Commercial lavender farming is not common in the UK. It is instead grown as more of an attraction where people can come and visit and see the lavender in full bloom. Instead of marketing their lavender essential oil to large beauty product companies, lavender farmers sell homemade items to tourists who come to see the blooms. It is not just lavender farming which one can do if you shy away from livestock or arable. You can also get involved in grape farming, called viticulture; global warming seems to have had an unexpected benefit in southwest England where a warmer climate has produced wonderful grape harvests the likes of which had only previously been seen in France.
For people who want to work in the countryside, however, alternative farming types are a good idea. Lavender essential oil brings in a good price due to its high demand in the current market, so a lot of farmers are adding lavender to their regular cycle of crops. High quality lavender essential oil is worth a bit more. Again, however, you have the same problem as with other types of farming. You are putting in a lot of hard work during the year, working up to the summer harvest which may or may not be worth it. This is the risk that one must take if you are to try and make an income.
Once you have harvested a solid lavender crop, products like shampoo and soap can be made from your lavender essential oil. There are countless other beauty products that you can produce. Alone the oil is also a great treatment for anything from head lice to insomnia. There are hundreds of acres of lavender farming ground in the Provence area; most of this lavender is used commercially by beauty product manufacturers around the world. There are also huge lavender farms in Australia where lavender flourishes due to the hot, dry climate that is present in areas such as New South Wales and Tasmania.
Commercial lavender farming is not common in the UK. It is instead grown as more of an attraction where people can come and visit and see the lavender in full bloom. Instead of marketing their lavender essential oil to large beauty product companies, lavender farmers sell homemade items to tourists who come to see the blooms. It is not just lavender farming which one can do if you shy away from livestock or arable. You can also get involved in grape farming, called viticulture; global warming seems to have had an unexpected benefit in southwest England where a warmer climate has produced wonderful grape harvests the likes of which had only previously been seen in France.
