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In Spring while visiting some local greenhouses, I found lemongrass!  It is one of my favorite essential oils.  The smell invigorates me and makes the air seem lighter somehow.  It's like having sunshine in a bottle!  

So I grew a pot of lemongrass in our greenhouse.  It got HUGE.  

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I read that lemongrass won't survive our freezing winter temperatures so I brought it inside when I brought in the rest of my "house" plants in October.  I still needed to figure out what I was doing with it though.  So I did a little research and found that I could possibly make my own lemongrass infused oil!  "That's perfect!" I thought.  So I set out to do so...

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I cut all the leaves down to the stems, wadded them up and packed them into a jar.  I then covered the lemongrass in olive oil and sat it outside in the sun.

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So I have left this concoction sitting outside for almost three months now.  I checked on it after our last big freeze and found that the olive oil was trying to congeal.  I brought it inside.

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After many futile attempts at opening the jar, I got my husband to pop the lid off.  I expected a huge rush of lemongrass smell...but alas.  There was only a feeble scent.  Mostly, it just smelled like olive oil.  

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So...what went wrong?  Well, I probably should have chopped the lemongrass blades up.  I would assume that the finer they are, the more of the oil that can escape.  Also, because of the time of year I tried this, the jar wasn't exposed to much direct sunlight.  I think that made a difference in the strength of the oils.  

I know some of you are experienced in making your own oils.  Can you give me some pointers on what I should do differently next time?  I'm open to any and all suggestions to make this work!  

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