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Weeds are just plants with enough surplus will to live to withstand normal levels of gardening!--Alexandra Petri
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"We carry a new world here, in our hearts..."
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Sometimes activism is chaining yourself to a bulldozer or blockading parliament. Far more often, it’s growing too many zucchinis and sharing them with your neighbours.
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Sometimes activism is chaining yourself to a bulldozer or blockading parliament. Far more often, it’s growing too many zucchinis and sharing them with your neighbours.
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r ranson wrote:Enjoying a healing day in the garden today. Decided to heat up the dye pots with some volunteer weld and calendula (garden mix, not the dye variety)
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S. Ferrel wrote:
r ranson wrote:Enjoying a healing day in the garden today. Decided to heat up the dye pots with some volunteer weld and calendula (garden mix, not the dye variety)
My books say that weld gives a strong yellow. I chopped up 2 pounds of weld plants but one 4 oz. skein (alum mordant) is only giving a very pale color soaking overnight . Does it need heat? Anyone have experience here?
r ranson wrote:Let's compile a list of plants that we can use to dye, wool, cloth, cotton, linen, and other textiles, the colour yellow.
BEETS
No need to restrict to region or climate, we're looking for a master list of natural dyes.
a few I know include
Weld
onion skins
sheep's sorrel
queen anne's lace
what else can we add to the list?
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