Sheldon wrote:
>
> I don't like mint in anything but toothpaste and chewing gum.
> But I have so much mint growing wild that I mow it...
> it grows all along my creek too, I can probably pick it in
> hundred pound bales... feel free to help yourself.

There's a guy on eBay who sells steam distillers
of his own design, which seems to be a competent
design. You could use one of those to make mint
oil, though I don't know what you would do with it
unless you wanted to go commercial.

Mint is a rather aggressive plant, like bamboo.