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Local beekeeper Allen Wamsley carefully extracted lavender honey from a hive in the Yellow Creek community on July 3. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Local beekeeper Allen Wamsley carefully extracted lavender honey from a hive in the Yellow Creek community on July 3. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Lavender honey harvest draws community colony

It took three years for a combination of factors to sync perfectly at Marie’s Lavender Farm and yield almost 50 pounds of unique lavender honey.
Marie’s Lavender Farm’s Sue Huskey stands proudly in front of a recently-hung crop on the grounds of the Yellow Creek establishment. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Marie’s Lavender Farm’s Sue Huskey stands proudly in front of a recently-hung crop on the grounds of the Yellow Creek establishment. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

In full bloom

Lavender has been used to reduce stress and anxiety, as well as a method of treatment for neurological conditions. * Third in a 4-part series Yellow Creek – When Sue and Ken Huskey discovered Graham County, they not only discovered a new place to call home, but they discovered a new calling.