Hello!
Most people leave the extracting of the essence to proffessionanls for several reasons. Way expensive and very time consuming! The actually distill the plant to get essential oil out of it. Some people may not have read it when I posted that you need 2000 pounds of rose to make 1 (one) pound of essential oil!
You can though dry the lavender that you grow and smush it then put it in your pillow or beside your bed. If you want to wait a month you can dry the flower and put it in a jar with a tight lid ( fill jar with flower) then add almond, safflower, sunflower, or another light oil and shake it everyday for one month. If it doesn't come out smelling like lavender do it again for another month!
Long process but heat will kill alot of the aroma and therfore alot of the effects.
Hope this helps a bit!
Have a good weekend!
Kim
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