It’s been a
while, I know…
Lots of
work on the house right now, painting walls and stuff.
And working
in the garden of course…
my poor walls !
Land Art in the back yard
the herbal garden
luckily I have a lot of help from Ingrid Anna
...
And… about dyeing: it's open season again, the weather is getting warmer so it’s time for me to experiment with all sorts of dye plants. First I harvested some common herbs to start with: nettles
(Urtica dioica) and Herb Robert (Geranium
robertianum) which are now fermenting in plastic bottles.
Wikipedia : Geranium robertianum, (syn. Robertiella robertiana) commonly known as Herb Robert, Red Robin, Death come quickly, Storksbill, Dove's Foot, Crow's Foot, or (in North America) Robert Geranium, is a common species of cranesbill in Europe, Asia, North America, and North Africa.
Nettles are
known to give some green dye and Herb Robert is famous for its gold yellows !
But with the fermenting dye method, you
never know :)
We’ll
see !
I
bought some strange dye plant seeds which I’m very curious about: Sunflower
Hopi black dye (Helianthus annuus) which should give some black dye, Amaranthus hypochondriacus or Prince-of-Wales feather (Amaranthus Hopi red dye) which should give some, well, red dye and Midnight Black Turtle
beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) which should give me BLUE !
I’ll let
you know how it went,
but first they need to grow !
...
Your garden has such an atmosphere and energy to it, and it looks absolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I can't wait to hear about how your natural dyes goes eventually, that's some interesting dye plants you are mentioning :) It's so good that the dye season has started. I have started up with a few simple dyes at first, but I will soon be preparing one or two fermentations dyes as well.
thank you Hilde :)
Deleteyes the dye season has started, slowly but surely !
Greatt blog you have here
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