It's been a busy distilling season.
While at Mountainside Lavender
I managed to distill 10 batches of Lavandin. The yield from each batch was approximately 2.5 pounds of oil, and lots of hydrosols.
Hood River Lavender had a fun Lavender festival. There was wine, music and lots of boots selling hand made products. The weather was perfect. I had a table offering our hand hammered copper Alembic distillers.
I also managed to distill some of our "Population Lavender" this is lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) which was grown from seed. Because the lavender was grown from seed, there is quite a bit of genetic diversity in the plants. Most lavender farms grow their lavender from clones, which offers no genetic diversity. The resulting oil from our genetically diverse crop is exquisite.
We sell this beautiful essential oil here.
Later this week I will be distilling Sacred White Sage
Distilling Essential Oils is a passion for many. Distillers use a wide variety of equipment. Some distillers use traditional Alembic distillers for making Hydrosols and Essential Oils. Some use homemade equipment. Designs and sizes vary but in the end, the results are similar. This space is for sharing your experiences, innovations and photos of your equipment. There are many of you who are working on some very interesting projects. Please feel free share your projects and thoughts.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Distilling Season
It's been a busy distilling season.
While at Mountainside Lavender
I managed to distill 10 batches of Lavandin. The yield from each batch was approximately 2.5 pounds of oil, and lots of hydrosols.
Hood River Lavender had a fun Lavender festival. There was wine, music and lots of boots selling hand made products. The weather was perfect. I had a table offering our hand hammered copper Alembic distillers.
I also managed to distill some of our "Population Lavender" this is lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) which was grown from seed. Because the lavender was grown from seed, there is quite a bit of genetic diversity in the plants. Most lavender farms grow their lavender from clones, which offers no genetic diversity. The resulting oil from our genetically diverse crop is exquisite.
We sell this beautiful essential oil here.
Later this week I will be distilling Sacred White Sage