Kim Elovirta
Rose Water
A few years back I wrote this article on making rose water... I rounded the corner of my house the thick scent of roses filled the air. It is June and my rose bush is in full bloom. Loaded with bud and blossom this year. It's a rose bush my mother-in-love gave me a few years back. She calls it a cemetery rose. It grows easily and in abundance. It spreads quickly if not kept in check. I pull the spreading shoots regularly and often just like my mint patch. I do not use