I am still playing with the toy that was new wa-a-ay back in 2015. http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Post-Traumatic_Stress_Disorder/forum/21197105-ot-new-toys It is not so new any more and my enthusiasm has waned considerably, but. . . Still playing. . . Might have been worth the budgetary infringement, though I don't think I have extracted any essential oils yet. I think -wishin' I knew- that what I have been getting is hydrosols and ? ? ? tincture? Not sure what to call the tea-looking stuff that is left in the boil flask after I do the distilling. I have been saving it, whatever it is. Been calling it, "boil water." In my limited understanding, if I was getting them, the essential oils would be floating on top of the hydrosol in the distillation flask. What I have been getting is all one substance. No layers.

I have two cilantro stands in the garden which are on the verge of flowering in need of thinning. I just finished loading up the biomass flask with the leaves and stems from the first cilantro stand. The job was aromatherapy on the hoof. When I stopped to chat with my neighbor at the mail box, he asked if I was making pico de gallo.

Been stilling whatever needs thinning in the yard. Been drinking shots of the ?hydrosols(?). Quite a few of them are pretty tasty. Cleaver and lemon grass are my personal faves so far. Hubs and youngest son have been adding the distillates to their tea. Hubs loves the rosemary hydrosol enough to have started raiding neighborhood rosemary stands. There is a public safety advisory out on him. . .

The boil water tastes pretty nasty. I may start composting it.

Just sharing. . . Nerd along, if you want.