For a few weeks each year, most of the eight varieties are in bloom, painting her landscape with a delicate purple brush. And when all the flowers are out and the breeze blows just right, there is no sweeter sight or scent in the world, she said. Once you're hooked, you're hooked. Today, Sutphin and her husband sell their lavender in bulk to home decor doyen Martha Stewart and to individual customers who find the farm. And even in the dead of winter, when the Cape Cod roads are unplowed and her dirt driveway is nearly impossible to find, there is always someone out there looking for lavender, she said.
People love it.