Wool - Tribulations of Hand Spinning and Herbal Dyeing

"Wonderful weather for the Bank Holiday."  My companion, Elinor Gotland peered into the trays of seedlings that had been carr...

Free Woad, Weld, Madder, Coreopsis Tinctoria, Japanese Indigo and Impatiens Balsamina Seeds Now all gone, thanks everybody  Small env...

As I paused to collect an armful of dock leaves, m y companion, Elinor Gotland sighed. "Why on earth bring home weeds when you'...

A trip to the Somerset Guild Fleece Fair was the highlight of this year's June Spinning Camp. After a week of rainy days and night...

A week ago I stood a tray of weld seeds in full sun on the greenhouse shelf because I'd decided long hours of daylight would germinate ...

I walked out into the garden thinking this could be the perfect day for sowing weld seeds and as I reached the greenhouse, my companion ...

Since salvaging dye from the neglected Japanese Indigo plants of 2017 proved such an unexpected success, I felt much less pressure to u...