Growing Colors of Minnesota and the Midwest
Thursday, July 11, 2013
8 tips on how to declutter and let go of sentimental items
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8 tips on how to declutter and let go of sentimental items I realize this has nothing to do with dye, but for me right this second, it...
Northern Bedstraw Dye
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Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale Description: Bedstraw is a member of the madder family, Rubiaceae. Like Common Madder, the roots of th...
Harvesting Northern Bedstraw
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When I first discovered that we had bedstraw growing along our driveway, I was ecstatic. Something about finding a plant in the wild inste...
Monday, July 8, 2013
Dandelion Dye (head and roots)
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Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Common Dandelion Description: Yellow flowering plant with deeply notched, sawtooth leaves that can be fo...
Turmeric Dye
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Turmeric (the cooking spice) Having cooked with Turmeric before, I noticed that not a lot of the spice was needed to add color to a dish....
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Peony Flower Dye (Magenta and White)
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Peony Paeonia lactiflora Description: The peony has glossy, dark green leaves and forms a shrublike mass of multiple plants. The blooms ...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Shepherd's Purse Dye
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Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Description: This weed is very abundant near our home, growing along the edges of the tilled...
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