A Beginners Guide To Natural Dyeing

“A number of people have asked me questions about this dyeing lark and I thought maybe I ought to do a post in a tutorial sort of way.

I hesitate because I’m no expert but just a mad woman who got hooked over the summer. So what I would like to do is share some of the knowledge I’ve accumulated, the suppliers I’ve used and to tell you about the colors I got.

First off, a warning.

Natural dyeing is highly addictive. You will never look at a plant in the same way again and your friends and neighbors will start locking their garden gates…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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