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Distilling Essential Oils

arfie
arfie
My herb garden is less than a year old, but I have several herbs that are beginning to produce in usable quantities. I am having daydreams of distilling their essential oils.

Any tips out there?
deleted_user
deleted_user
very interesting but im so unintelligent ... i Google everything these days
deleted_user
deleted_user
What kind of herbs do you have? I grow about 10 different ones, but mostly for cooking. I didn't know you could distill them. They taste so much better fresh!
arfie
arfie
Fresh is definitely the way to go. I almost can't handle dried herbs any more. Especially not for tea. Playing with herbs is aroma therapy at its finest. I chew on them constantly.

But a single herb has far more plant than I can use in a season. Even just keeping them trimmed up is allot of excess. Enough to make me wonder 'bout things like distilling the oils.

I am an herb nut. I have more than I can ever list. Basil, lavender, taragon and lemon grass are the big producers this week. Mint and lemon verbena are coming on strong. I love wild herbs, too. I am definitely not above harvesting wild herb.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme to start. Then oregano, mint, cilantro, chives (are they an herb or an onion?) Hmm, can't think of the rest, I've been gone from home too long. I had lavender last year from my son's place, and an overwintering kind, but I lost them to a long winter indoors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoGOgqs_20&feature=fvst
deleted_user
deleted_user
those were the days my friends...i thought they'd never end...
arfie
arfie
When I googled it, I came up with astounding diversity. I have been researching it for years - since before the internet - and seem to get more confused with each surf.
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