Rose Water Items needed: rose petals, strainer, cheese cloth, dark reciprocal (store rose water), container (to strain rose water into; I use a measuring cup, large pot with lid, measuring cup, funnel, water *UNINTERUPTED TIME* Step 1: Collect rose petals (late May is usual a good harvest time. When foraging for your petals, gently grasp at the back of the bud and run your fingers over the petals, be mildly firm. If no petals willingly come off, move on to the next bud!); Step 2: using a strainer put 3/4 cup of rose petals into it and rinse off the petals. Using your hands gently swish the petals in the running water, this will rinse any dirt and bugs away; Step 3: in a large pot, put 1.5 cups of water and the 3/4 rose petals; the water should just cover the petals, if not add more petals or drain some water. Cover the pot and bring to a boil; Step 4: after boiling, let simmer till all the color runs out of the petals; Step 5: IMMEDIATELY after petals have no color, turn off the stove, TAKE OFF HEATED ELEMENT and let sit until cool; if the petals have gone brown, the rose water will be effective, however, it will smell bad; Step 6: while cooling put your container into the sink with the strainer over top (make sure your container can hold the amount of liquid you are pouring AND that the opening is large enough to accommodate the size of strainer you are using); Step 7: once water has COMPLETELY cooled down, pour pot into strainer to catch rose petals, the water should be a deep pink to light pink; Step 8: once all the petals are strained out, put your funnel into the opening of the storage reciprocal and put the cheese cloth over the funnel (press down in the middle to indent the cheese cloth); Step 9: pour liquid into the funnel and strain through the cheese cloth (this is to catch any small particles that made it through the strainer) into a dark reciprocal and store in the fridge for later use. Rose water has a FRIDGE (MUST be refrigerated) life of roughly TWO months; rose water WILL mild, the reciprocal needs to be washed thoroughly between uses. #rosewater #makingrosewater #diyrosewater #naturalmedicine #naturalskincare #cradlecap #allnaturalskincare (at Vernon, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGNbqKHoMa/?igshid=71wolcpvrce6