nellie stella

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Hey y'all! I have officially decided that I love the fiber arts forum on here. I meant to ask- anyone who crochets and is into permaculture, I'm sure yall have come up with some awesome patterns/ideas/tricks. So does anyone have ingenious crochet patterns (or rough instructions) they'd like to share?
3 years ago

Judith Browning wrote:I grow and gather a lot of dye plants and materials but I think my all time favorite is a variety of cosmos called 'Bright Lights'.  
The flowers can be used either fresh or dried and make a beautiful orange on wool.  I pick them weekly over the summer and they bloom prolifically on into fall.

They attract so many butterflies and other pollinators...that alone would be a great reason to grow them.  The plants are quite tall and can be bushy.






not sure I've attached the photos I intended...a crocheted wool blanket with all natural dyes...the cosmos flower dye being the orange one.  
and the second image should be our garden.  The cosmos are the orange and yellow flowers, smaller than the deeper orange/red Mexican sunflowers.

and they make prolific seed that is easy to save and share....I would be happy to send a small handful to anyone in the states who would like to try them?



That blanket is AMAZING!! I didn't even know you could dye things with cosmos flowers. What is your method? (Also, how do you actually grow yours? I can't even seem to get my seeds to germinate)
3 years ago

nellie stella wrote:

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:The gifted varieties were Erlene's Green and Red Foliated White.


Here I have pictured the white cotton I received from the heritage demonstration mentioned above. It is probably a commercial variety as the demonstration was on the cotton gin. They got a deer in the headlights look when I asked what the variety name was. The heirloom natural I misplaced the name of.





Ok that green cotton is just amazing!! I live in Georgia and man do I ever need some! Where did you get it? (Sorry, perhaps you already said where you got it and I just didn't notice)

((EDIT: I forgot to ask, does it really keep that pretty green color when you spin with it?))

3 years ago

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:The gifted varieties were Erlene's Green and Red Foliated White.


Here I have pictured the white cotton I received from the heritage demonstration mentioned above. It is probably a commercial variety as the demonstration was on the cotton gin. They got a deer in the headlights look when I asked what the variety name was. The heirloom natural I misplaced the name of.





Ok that green cotton is just amazing!! I live in Georgia and man do I ever need some! Where did you get it? (Sorry, perhaps you already said where you got it and I just didn't notice)
3 years ago
Hi y'all! First of all, yes, I know all wood burning cookstoves are gonna put off heat, BUT I am searching for a wood cookstove designed to put off as little heat as possible. You see, I live in a hot & humid climate and I have always wanted to cook on a wood stove (and I would like to go off grid solar so I would really need a stove), but all the ones I've looked at were designed to cook and heat a frigid house in North Idaho which is exactly NOT what I need. I am in South Georgia btw- if anyone has any other permaculture tips/knowledge for this area, please tell me!!
3 years ago

Janet Reed wrote:

Denise Cares wrote:Very cool stoves everyone!  I love the look of a real country kitchen.  Question is how do you manage cooking/baking through the summer months and still keep relatively cool?  Weather out here gets over 100 deg often in summer, so it would be a challenge to "fire up the stove"!!



Some people have summer kitchens...places they cook in away from the main house. My Aunts all had wood stoves in summer kitchens so the house stayed cool.  Some of us cook early and plan our time to cook when it’s cool .
Others might use alternative cooking methods in the summer.

Thoughts?





YES I'm wondering about this exact thing!! We live in the hot & humid Southeast and summer temps are 90-100 for months. I am considering getting a wood stove but instead of one that heats up the house I would love to find one that is designed for hotter areas/designed to keep the house cooler!! Anyone have hot weather stove recommendations/ideas??
3 years ago
I dont think this thread is active anymore but what a shame... I am from Southeast Georgia thinking about how to build my dream natural home and I cannot decide between strawbale or earthbag. I like the low cost and diy factor of earthbag but i just love strawbale and i have been studying it for a while now. Actually i would go for strawbale without a qualm BUT where i live is extremely hot and humid and i have heard that the humidity will cause problems. I have been searching trying to find either strawbale or earthbag houses where i live, to see how they've held up, and nothing is showing up which makes me concerned that they just don't turn out well where i am. If anyone from a hot & humid climate has any natural building advice, i would gladly take it!!
Thanks y'all,
Stella🦋
3 years ago