Lavender harvest comes in for couple who only thought they were retiring

Lavender harvest comes in for couple who only thought they were retiring

The lavender harvest arrived two weeks early this year, and workers at Blue Canyon Farm began scything bundles from the fragrant fields at sunrise, surrounded by a dozen species of pollinating honeybees. Owner Shellie Burrow, who began offering tours of her organic three-acre lavender farm in Heber City earlier this summer, plucked a stalk from one of her shrubs and ground the bud between her fingertips to release the scent, as the insects buzze…