How to Make Essential Oils | Harvesting & Distilling Lavender From a Garden or on the Farm

Today we harvest lavender and steam distill it into pure lavender essential oil and hydrosol at Rabbit Mountain Lavender Farm in Boulder, Colorado. This is a complete guide to how to make essential oils at home or at farm scale: when to harvest lavender, which lavender varieties produce the most oil (Grosso, Riverina Thomas, and Impress Purple, Ms. Katherine and Buena Vista), how a double chamber steam distiller works, and exactly how much essential oil you get per pound of fresh lavender. If you grow lavender in your garden and you're wondering what to do with your lavender harvest, this same process works at any scale. It also works for rosemary, peppermint, eucalyptus, and more. Lavender Yield Calculator (free): https://www.clawhammersupply.com/page... 240V Essential Oil Distiller: https://www.clawhammersupply.com/coll... Separatory Funnel: https://www.clawhammersupply.com/coll... Full Written Guide: https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blog... Rabbit Mountain Lavender: https://rabbitmountainlavender.com/shop