Lavender and CBD – Dynamic Duo! The story of how our first product came to be.
Eating an Elephant….As summer drew on the days were long, hard and arduous. We were able to finish up the barn at the perfect time though. There was a massive dip in the lumber prices, and although later in the season, it was the perfect time to start building, we could be dried in by late fall and work on it all winter….or so I thought. Although we aren’t builders, we’ve contracted and built several of our own homes, and renovated several others; we felt this should be fairly straight forward with a few learning curves since we were doing 75% of it ourselves. Everything was a challenge. The post Covid world in the world of building was extremely challenging and that’s an understatement. From delays, incorrect orders, backorders, labor issues the whole project fought us the entire time. Our “dried in by winter” goal turned into plumbing, installing windows and building decks on bitter cold days in January and wind that would take your breath away! We were feeling beat down both mentally and physically. Was this a terrible idea? Did we make the wrong choice? I often refer to a big project as “Eating an Elephant one bite at a time”, this was such a massive undertaking with no end in sight, there were days we truly felt that we’d never make it.
Hardships become an inspiration….
We’re not spring chickens over here anymore! We’re in our mid 40’s and those long labor filled days in the frigid cold temps took a toll not only mentally but physically. EVERYTHING hurt! I mean parts I didn’t think could hurt…..well those hurt too! The stress and burnout of working on this project, and the fact we were burning the candle at both ends, I have no doubt contributed to more inflammation, thus compounding the pain. One night I googled lavender and pain, wondering if there was any potential to help as living with chronic pain wears on you! We were astonished! We found a ton of medical research supporting the use of lavender in inflammatory conditions and it’s effectiveness in helping with joint, muscle and arthritis pain. We completely “nerded out” in the medical research and felt inspired….could we use our lavender to help people in pain? Yes…….but how?
A headache brought us together….
Winter gave way to spring and spring and it was pretty much non-stop labor and surviving…getting through the day so we would be one day closer to moving into our home. It was 2022 and 1.5yrs into this undertaking and some days we just needed a break, and that was the day! Our go-to day trip has always been along the lakeshore, and we needed some inspiration. We were coming into the busiest season yet, trying to finish the house and prepping and planting our first lavender field….we were into the biggest bites of eating that elephant, someone pass the salt and pepper please! That day I woke with a tension headache which was common, the chronic stress of it all, every day and living like Laura Ingalls with no end insights, I’m sure my cortisol through the roof! While on a drive, we stopped at a market for some goodies and to find inspiration. I made my way through their handmade soaps, sugar scrubs while toting a plate of chocolate chip cookies in one hand, and stumbled upon a small section of CBD infused goods. By that time I was feeling pretty desperate for some relief, hoping the cookies, fresh cup of coffee or CBD, or a combination thereof would help me to find some relief. It did…..and we were sold!
Research about Lavender, CBD and pain?
After trying it first hand and finding relief, we asked ourselves could we use CBD with our lavender to create a product to help people with pain? We did what we do and dove into the research! We found CBD like lavender has anti-inflammatory properties. We found other medical journal articles supporting its effectiveness in helping with conditions such as arthritis, muscle and joint pain, sleep issues, anxiety and more. We were astonished! The fact there were so many overlapping medically documented areas on the effectiveness of both lavender and CBD, we knew that we wanted to use them together in our goods as a dynamic duo! And that was the inspiration for how we created our Sweet Lavender Muscle and Joint Pain Creams! Created from experiencing chronic pain and wanting to help others struggling with the same. It would take us another full year of planting our field, harvesting and distilling our lavender for its pure essential oil that we infuse into our creams. But now, we’ve been helping folks for over a year with both our 500mg and 1500mg CBD Pain Cream. It is absolutely the most rewarding thing when people share with us how it’s helping them. We’ve had so many with arthritis, joint pain, tension, headaches, and so many other things share that it’s helped them and now they are spreading the word to others. That my friends, is what lights us up and keeps us going as we continue to develop goods to help folks with some of the hard things in life.