Weld for Natural Dyeing
Ecrit par [email protected] le 25 mai 2008 sous Natural Dye Plants
The first weld plants are beginning to ripen. Here is a picture of some hanging up to dry.
Weld is the plant on the right, the other is flax for linen thread. Flax is growing like a weed in the hay pastures this year, where last year there was none. The shutter by the way is painted with woad.
The weld plant is ready for harvest just before the flower shoot really gets going. Here the buds are still tight and the plant is still relatively compact, if left to grow they would probably have shot another foot or so ...
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