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Lavender Tours

L A M B O R N M O U N T A I N F A R M S T E A D
Lamborn Mountain Farmstead

your tour guides: owners, Jim and Carol
Schott and friends Annie and Jacob

We are a non-traditional farm family of
four who grow lavender and raise Scottish
Highland Cattle on our small family farm
located at the base of Mt. Lamborn in
Paonia. Couple, James & Carol, and
friends Annie & Jacob have been farming
together for seven seasons. Carol, who
had previously been making soap for
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started growing lavender to produce
essential oil and buds for soap making. Find Our
From there our small plot of lavender kept
growing, along with the cultivars that we Products Here
grow, and all of our farm-made, lavender-
based products. All of our lavender is grown
Crostini with uffle Oil, Olives & Lavender locally, our products are

homemade, and our
8 (1/2-inch) slices of Italian-style bread*
Ingredients: essential oil is farm-distilled. lambornmountainfarmstead.com
1/2 cup black olive paste**
We make soaps, lotions,
1 teaspoon white Tru e Oil
1/2 teaspoon food grade lavender owers
Choose a bread with a close texture and a good crust, like a baguette bread. oils, and dozens of other On Instagram
chevre (fresh goat cheese)
** If you can't nd olive paste, use a combination of green and black olives. I did
not make a paste, but chopped until small in mini-processor. Then added white
lavender-based products.
tru e oil and the dried lavender owers to processor and chopped in.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place bread slices on a baking sheet and bake
until lightly toasted, approximately 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from oven. Spread a
thin layer of olive paste on each slice, and then another layer of chevre. Drizzle
with the tru e oil and sprinkle with lavender owers.