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The foliage is what makes me think it’s LC, DF foliage has individual needles sticking out from a woody stalk whereas LC is more frondy. I guess it doesn’t really matter, you’ll use it whatever it is and not be any poorer for it.
Oh I see, the treasure box is a whole log that’s split and dug out. Ingenious! And a great idea to do it with such a pungent wood, so you’ll get a whoosh of super-frangranced air every time you open it.
At one time I had a load of Lebanon Cedar waste and was going to try extracting the oil using steam distillation. The equipment can be bought for a reasonable price, or it’s simple enough to bodge together if you want. Unfortunately I went the latter route and never quite finished, maybe it’s something you could try with the foliage and chippings. I’d guess it’d be more of a novelty, not sure if you could sell it, but I liked the idea of making my woodworking waste work for me several times.
Matt
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