Harvesting the Madder in the Natural Dye Garden
Written by andieluijk on Nov. 26, 2008 in Natural Dye Plants
After four years of tending and weeding, the time has finally arrived to harvest the first madder root from the dye garden. Due to the wet autumn it has been difficult to judge the right time to harvest, as the foliage is still green and there are new root shoots. However the arrival of my brother-in-law on holiday heralded that the time was ripe, and with his help we harvested the madder patch.
Each day we dug out a few kilos of madder roots and he washed them before drying. As the week went on he perfected a washing method ...
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