Lavender Harvest & Oil Distillation | Valensole - Provence - France 🇫🇷| large and small scale

The Plateau de Valensole is one of the most famous nature reserves of France and is located in the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence the area is famous about it's lavender fields.
Early in July, during my holiday, I spotted various harvest operations and got invited by some friendly farmers to film the distillation proces also. (This video is part 1 of 3)
Merci aux agriculteurs de Plateau de Valensole!
Sort explanation about the Lavender harvesting and distillation proces:
The harvest is carried out when the lavender is in full bloom or just after usually at the end of June and throughout july and depending on the weather.
The Lavender flowers and stems are cut and brought to the distillery in purpose built trailers. In the distillery a lid is lowered onto the trailer and the trailer sealed. Water is heated and made into steam is fed into the trailer through pipes in the floor.
The lavender stems, although containing little oil, create a porous structure within the trailer to allow the steam to circulate. This heats the whole trailer load of around five tonnes of material up to 100 degreesC.
At this temperature the steam causes the oil glands to erupt, and the oil evaporates into the steam. This steam with the oil now entrained within it, rises through the trailer and is collected in the funnel shaped lid.
The mix of oil and steam is then piped to a condenser. Inside the condenser is a series of steel tubes set out in a honeycomb pattern. The steam / oil mixture passes down through the tubes. Cold rainwater is pumped between the tubes, which condenses the steam back to oil and water.
The oil and water mixture is piped into the separator tank. Here the two liquids are allowed to settle out, and the oil forms a layer on the top of the water.
The precious lavender oil is then collected from the separator.
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[@jabulanimusic9109]

I can only imagine how pleasant is the smell around in the harvesting and processing season

[@hamimsarder512]

😅

[@user-iw3zu9ix2b]

Just the way I like it. No stupid introduction. No blabbering host yet informative with the necessary caption.

[@nichmon3221]

I'm 45 years old and have had terrible anxiety since I was 13, even hospitalized with it. Lavender calms me so much that I could just sleep in that field!

[@shenonnie17]

Someone made their Lavender Dream come true.💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 Thanks for Sharing 💜💜💜

[@macktheinterloper]

This is incredible. I honestly had no idea how lavender was harvested before seeing this. Thank you. That's what I love about your videos, not only are they absolute top in terms of production value, but there's always something new to learn every time.

[@RazsterTW]

You and me both. Cheers to this channel.

[@benmmbk765]

Yes, we should thank them for information and science.

[@CyberWorx]

All essential oil extraction uses fairly the same distillation process.It is an ancient art.

[@munilalsingh9159]

होली की हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएँ.

[@worldcitizeng6507]

In this southern part of France you can visit 2 major perfumes labs/showrooms. For about 35 euro, you can mix your own perfumes with simple guides. It's about 2 hours north of Nice, called Grasse (French spelling)

[@kinggzz]

never knew how much effort and cool machinery went into lavender oil. AWESOME! thank you for the video.

[@simonpotter7534]

One of my favorite parts of France with Great towns / villages and lovely people.

[@marikahirschmann4115]

Well that's one tractor you don't have to hang a air freshener in.

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Absolutely agree! Wonderful place! 😊🇫🇷

[@decaserantes2552]

Oh!! MY GOSH !! It seems that you can smell the perfume just by beeing the flowers

[@markfryer9880]

TractorSpotter has really raised the bar on this video. These Lavender farms are huge, and quite rightly deserved a multi part video.

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Impressive coverage indeed! 👍

[@farmcentralohio]

Thank you for having the info bits in english, it's nice to know what's going on

[@ev9294]

so refreshing to look at the lavender field❤️

[@moniqueneagle7091]

Un travail de qualité et de longue haleine. Bravo à tous. Et Merci du partage.

[@domanibell8361]

Excellent video. I had no clue how lavender was harvested and processed. Thank you to you for that and thank you to Mother Nature for so much generosity.

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[@xxbbdollxx]

I wonder if the smell saturates the whole town ....and do the people smell like lavender.

[@jennydollar3988]

I was about to comment.. " you know they go home smelling so good!! Lol

[@ritahorvath8207]

exactely what I thought ...

[@SuperOhsarah]

if yes then I'm packing my bags now lol

[@346042]

I’ve been there last year and I can confirm you that the whole town smells like lavender. Difficult to describe but that smell is all around. I was driving with AC turned on and that smell got into my car!

[@daanzoomer2997]

Alberto Boratto luckely lavender smells good

[@airfunmachinery8655]

The lavender field is so beautiful. The machine is superior. The video is very good, and there are all kinds of plants. These machines are for the lavender field. This is a place full of life and beauty. Here you can experience the incomparable beauty of life. This place is full of a breath of innocence, romance and warmth.

[@LyricSpencer]

I just made a video at a lavender farm too! I can smell it through the screen. I'm obsessed with lavender! The harvesting machine is so satisfying. Thank you!

[@nerdgeekcosplay909]

Same it soothes my anxiety.

[@ramennight]

I just watched tractors mow lavander for 10 minutes and enjoyed it, lol. Thanks for having the text in English.

[@Ms.MD7]

Wow, that tractor going over the plant looks so satisfying. It must smell so good in this farm.

[@smasshton]

i bet! i’ve been to a lavender farm and it smelled amazinggggggggg. if you get a chance you could definitely go to one.

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[@hathatshop]

Yes, but either you’d stop smelling it after awhile or you’d get sick of the smell

[@kevinlane7555]

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of science and technology behind random everyday products....

[@NaTech94]

*Outstanding video! I had no idea about the lavender harvesting and processing process. Thanks to you for sharing, and thanks to Mother Nature for her abundant blessings.*

[@terrywynn9767]

Very interesting. Fascinating how cleanly the harvester works in the field.

[@Yinanony]

Loving this Lavender series! Thank you so much for all of your hard work! Great vids!

[@tareqjpour1952]

so beautiful

[@jerrypeter7897]

You are very beautiful woman with a beautiful smile, I wish you all the best this year, how is the weather over there now

[@AgritechFutureUS]

You're welcome! Enjoying them too! 👍😊

[@fuccingdye]

I have a sudden interest in tractors. Glad this channel exists.

[@MommaFromScratch]

the purple view from the sky is stunning! what a beautiful farm!

[@everythingispossible8205]

Where are you from ❤️❤️❤️

[@complimentary_voucher]

All I can see is all the bees being chewed up by that harvest and am rethinking my lavender usage :(

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Hlo

[@ArchersView]

Excellent video!! Really nice to see all the different machinery & various sizes harvesting the same crop! I look forward to part 2👍

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[@kunoknollenbuddler2167]

I had never bin in this region of europe. So I had no idea, how the farmers harvest lavenderfields. I think, the whole country smells Lavender. hihi Thanks for this outstanding video and thanks to all the people in france, to allow footages of their hard work.

[@ashleyadams6803]

I can only imagine how incredible it must smell! Great video!

[@carolinefoster1489]

You all need to get yourselves a few lavender plants. They are easy to take care of! The aroma is breathtaking! 😍

[@danaaemiliadelossantos8274]

This looks so cool.. I love how those lavender lanes look from above.

[@eduardochavacano]

they actually ruined lavanders, now it looks like an industrial product, too mechanical, and no soul.

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Lizwil bon kliti

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[@jerrypeter7897]

You are very beautiful woman with a beautiful smile, I wish you all the best this year, how is the weather over there now

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Hello turkey

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Beautiful video sir! Nice work! I love the field! Thanks for the video! Have a great day!!!

[@gijsvermuntagrifotografie]

U havent even seen the video and u react.. hmmm

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Screeniod India bruh wtf? He put a comment 1 minute after the video was published so he couldn’tve seen it. Why are u reacting with this bs!

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z no, it really Doesn’t. If the video had been uploaded 1 MINUTE AGO, there no way he couldve watch the entire video within that 1 minute seriously.

[@moraimaarias4597]

😍 Debe salir un aroma delicioso de esos campos... La lavanda tiene un aroma fascinante, me encanta su aceite esencial. ❤

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This is so beautiful,I could actually smell the lavender scent🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

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😊😂😂🎉

[@Ravenblade86]

Very interesting video as always. Always amazing to see the top off the line equipment working, but in this one it was especially interesting to see some off the older/smaller equipment working as well.

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[@blal07]

And a glimpse of the pretty girl at 8:02. I wonder, is she from France?

[@soundseeker63]

The colour of those fields is just stunning and I can only imagine the smell...sweet but it must be very strong and intense! What a place to live!

[@ziky3329]

The modern machineries are fascinating 🙃

[@suziqbrown7073]

Such a strangely satisfying thing to watch! AMAZING

[@mother_s_gardening]

Thank you for showing such a wonderful view that you can't see in Korea. The growth of lavender in a large field was unfamiliar and beautiful.

[@Diana-bw6se]

Могу представить какая обалденная арома в этом районе!! Успеха вам , цивилизованные капиталисты !!

[@kokuszosszaloncukor]

this is amazing, thank you for your work guys !

[@SkylarkFields]

Just found this and watching it was compelling and mesmerising!! I'd love to see a video of how they plant the fields up in the first place, too!

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Me too !!!

[@reginemaecondicion3441]

Me too 😍😍😍

[@ShottyThePirate]

I have always wandered how they produce lavender oil. Now I know and it's very intresting. Glad I came across this video.

[@Martyn386]

Excellent video, music selection is spot on. Thanks again for showing us another process.

[@SuperCutiepie1012]

do you know the name of the first song? I know it’s a real song but can’t remember the name

[@SteveDurante]

yes, first song is good, what is that?

[@Kelwa_dairy_farm]

Music Name plz.

[@MommyFiras]

Warm greetings from Indonesia Thanks Brother for sharing wonderful lavender harvest and oil distillation Wish you always healthy and happy God bless you and family

[@annebell4112]

Watching the process ... wow amazing 👍👍🌿🌿🌷💚💚🌷🌿🌿👍👍

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Me: watched 1 video of farm things KZbin: ahh I see, you are a farmer

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Ah, I see you are also Bob Ross 😌

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Underrated comment...

[@busiskosana9119]

😂😂😂

[@rohanamor4323]

I wont mind working here, the smell would be like heaven I bet

[@yengsabio5315]

I have a bunch of dried lavander flowers here. Watching this video feels like I literally smell the harvesting from France!

[@tylerdurden3722]

I'd combine this with beekeeping🤔

[@akarpowicz]

you'd probably get a surfeit after a day of such work.

[@MladenMijatov]

Meh, don't get your hopes up. As with any smell you'd get desensitized really fast and stop noticing it. You know the sausage principle? If you love something never find out how its made.

[@jeroendutoux216]

After a while you dont smell it anymore or vaguely.

[@linhthuydaovang]

Great scenery, everyday images, close to back, strangely unique under the camera angle. Thank you!

[@TheBrownFamilyWorkshop]

that was awesome !! so satisfying to watch. good music, very few words, GREAT video.

[@rifleman8737]

3 minutes into this video I sprayed some Lavender air freshener in the room, to get the full effect of this video.

[@Automedon2]

Rifleman, you didn't strike me as the type to have a can of lavender spray around the house

[@amrithajaani]

😁😁😁

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Lol 🥰🥰🥰🥰💖

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[@lien7829]

Hahaha brilliant

[@waltercook5437]

LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY, HAD NO IDEA, I DO NOW, THANKS.

[@janarthanannagaraj]

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[@Seoulize]

This is my life in one video thanks to lavender I am bettering my anxiety I love this plant!☺️

[@yowah-0617]

Nice to watch harvesting those lavander...lovely color spread on huge farms quite entertaining...bravo from Philippines...🤗

[@SquillyMon]

I can smell that Lavender through my computer screen !

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[@dazoomcat]

Well that's one tractor you don't have to hang a air freshener in.

[@KandiKlover]

Yeah probably smells nice out there.

[@curt8806]

So do all of the bees get sucked in and die?! :(

[@casino9039]

No, bees move out of the way

[@merlita8707]

@@KandiKlover exactly what I was thinking.

[@jhwheuer]

Can you imagine the headaches after three, four days?

[@discingaround]

Good thing those tractors pretty much run themselves, I'd straight fall asleep smelling all that lavender if I was the one harvesting. So relaxing!

[@mariamerced9089]

Everything is so beautiful. The lines turns from violet to green. Should smell very rich. Greetings from Puerto Rico to France!

[@WeltschmerzvonGavagai]

I’m here lying on my bed 11am, watching harvesting lavender, cranberry, salmon fish , potato chips ,and so on

[@somedaynow1128]

That was great. I learned a lot. Merci!

[@GaiaCarney]

Cool video, TractorSpotter 🚜 I began to imagine I could smell the lavender!

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Ooh! Love the scent of lavender. Interesting to see how it is havested

[@johnjohnson9918]

Enjoyable video, love the Massey Ferguson , I have the same tractor here in California on my farm, Made in the U.K. in the 90s and it never fails!

[@mariyak8011]

It is so beautiful, I can almost smell the fragrance.

[@clarkslain3106]

I watched one tutorial on farming sim 19, now this is all that is on my recommended. Not complaining.

[@mayiyayu1905]

Breathtaking view. Wow 😍😍😍

[@TinaChristinaTD]

Anyone else thinking it probably smells divine at the distillation factory?!

Adamlar ne güzel makineli tarım yapıyorlar. Çok güzel işletme kurmuşlar

[@scarletbegonias2359]

I'm new to this channel, I really dug that and will be looking into more of your videos.

[@acmcgowan751]

Ahh, fresh lavender. Smells wonderful. 100% pure organic lavender.

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amazing to watch, thanks, really enjoyed this well made video!

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[@josephjocson1385]

imagine just the wind blowing those plants and you're near by..

[@gouthamreddynathala1219]

The form lands look beautiful and tractors , oil mill looks amazing

[@novanut1964]

great video, thanks. just got some lavender oil, so to see the process was nice

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These farms are so beautiful ❤️😍

[@jilleven67]

I would love to smell the harvest!

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9i9

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It smells like lavender.

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आई

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[@jerrypeter7897]

You are very beautiful woman with a beautiful smile, I wish you all the best this year, how is the weather over there now

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Beautiful Voices And Paintings! Frumoase Vremuri! 💞💞

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*Awesome video and Content* 😍❤👏🌾

[@seventhdayissabbath8747]

This would be an awesome job, love the smell of lavender

[@hughwhaley3179]

Absolutely amazing had no idea how they harvest it and process it. We have a small farm about a 1/2 mile from us and they harvest it by hand 👍👍🇨🇦

[@diannenaworensky6698]

I think that Lavender is bundled up.

[@nylanelson5212]

No wonder pure lavender oil is so expensive. I can imagine being there & smelling all that wonderful lavender 💜

[@0524cami]

Look at all those bees 🐝 flying around and enjoying the lavender. Lavender flavored honey is very delicious. I love Honey 🍯 and our beautiful 🐝 who make it. Thank you farmers 🚜.

[@jocelynlojares7513]

Amazing! These ate the videos i want to see and much better if it is actual. Love it to know we have high tech to harvest those productive plants. Thank you so much for sharing this videos. Keep safe always. God bless 👏👍😍😇🙏

[@jerrypeter7897]

You are very beautiful woman with a beautiful smile, I wish you all the best this year, how is the weather over there now

[@paulalima1262]

Lindo lindo....que cor incrivel dessa planta....

[@jabs202232]

I make 3D Lavender fields using beeswax and tree resin, was trying to get some more inspiration watching this, thank you!

[@loyalsausages]

I don't why this showed up on my feed, but those are some BEAUTIFUL fields!

[@davesalzer3220]

Will it burn? What would a diesel smell like on lavender juice?

[@sinoothenladd8504]

Fascinating & brilliant.

[@braxy9614]

The best thing about these videos are enjoying the scenery of the farm

[@manny9639]

Beautiful video, Thank you so much!

[@agronomist_id]

I love lavender😍

[@TWOCOWS1]

god, that place and business must smell like heaven!!! all that lavender!!

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[@mihalyneszabo7784]

Fantastic word! Thank you, Tractorspotter. :-)

[@RobMiami787]

Gorgeous video Extremely informative What was that brief patch of sunflower fields?

[@dankinnard1833]

Excellent video in all aspects! Can not even imagine the fragrance while harvesting this crop let alone be back at the installation/distilling process plant. How many times can you harvest a lavender field per year?

[@elainefleischmann4175]

Amazing process. Excellent video.

[@sanpls]

Beautiful. This is my time watching the lavender harvesting.

[@clumsy2802]

Kaway kaway sa mga nakasinghot ng Katol hahah

[@Deadmaker182]

I live next to Valensole and I'm a farmer lavender too. Thanks a lot Tractorspotter ! You're awesome ! I love all of yours videos. Greetings from Provence

[@jo-han]

Why is the oil harvested from stems/flowers and not from the seeds? More oils in flowers then seeds?

[@brianconnor626]

What happens to the flowers and stems after distillation? Is there enough sugar left to make silage?

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8:00 No workshop is ever complete without one of those calendars

[@GraftingTactick]

Great video, so beautiful to watch👌👌💕💕