My daughter did her science fair project on growing and using sustainably grown natural indigo. She won a 2nd place for it at her district science fair and...
Hi Chris. I'll be happy to send you some seeds, and you don't have to give me nuthin'. I have a big bagful. Just send me your address and I'll find some foil. ...
Hello Chris :-) Captain Ethels the main woad seed person - I don;t know if she'll have any left ... She'll answer herself anyhow ... :-) You can also...
Thank you Michele for offering some seed to my DD. And Linda, thanks for the suggestion to look on Ebay. My daughters second year of the project involves...
I had put my two mini-woad plants outside on the window ledge along with lots and lots of other seedlings, been out nearly a week day and night as weather so...
Hi Mary Not too late, don't worry. You'll just have to harvest them slightly later. Plants catch up very quickly. We have a neighbouring cat that likes to mess...
Hi all. We have a few new members this week, so could everyone wave and say hello. I'd like to hear how this year's crop is coming on. For our new members: we...
Hello everyone, sorry this is just a quick one as I have to work like the wind this morning ... Shop opening is driving me nuts, but *will* succeed ...!! I...
Hi Michele and everyone, I have been duly ignoring my woad so maybe it will come up and thrive this year; I'll have to go check on it. My other herbs are...
HI, Michele and all Spring has finally come and the snow in our mountains is almost gone. What a relief, since the first snow was on the ground in October. ...
Hi there Thanks for the nice words Michelle! The woad seeds I've planted outsite, are growing, but very slowly. One lot was planted beside radishes, and got...
Hi Our website host now does statistics, and we have just found out that we have between 50 and 140 visitors a day to the woad website www.woad.org.uk ! I am...
... that we have between 50 and 140 visitors a day to the woad website www.woad.org.uk ! I am very happy (and so is DH who takes the photos and builds the...
For people in UK East Midlands, I visited this Wildflower Farm today, delightful and loads of woad. Amazingly cheap - all their seeds are only £1.50 per...
I must tell you that i have TWO kinds of stinging nettles in my garden. First, the kind that I pick bare-handed, and Second, the brutal kind with big stickers...
Hi, All Our woad is growing!!!!! We have a sudden warm spell with daytime highs at almost 100F (38C)and nights dipping to just above freezing. The 2nd year ...
In the Yahoo group "Woad growers" photo section in the photo file labeled "Joybilee Farm" you can see photos of our "Contact Natural Dye" experiments using...
Hi Chris. Many thanks for posting your photos. We've had a warm spell here in the UK, too, after a week of nonstop rain. My woad seeds sown in the ground have...
Hi Chris Many thanks for posting the photos. Good to see your DD too! You might like to try some contact dyeing with the woad seeds. I got some blue with seeds...
I still can't FIND my alkanet seeds, Teresinha. They're in an envelope with some other flower and herb seeds that are evading me too. There's a couple suspect...
HI, Michele The woad came from different seed sources and we have the different varieties separated within the nursery bed. The plan is to transplant them ...
Hi, Teresinha The Tewksbury seed that I bought from Sulfolk Herb had smaller seeds than the seeds that you sent, also Tewksbury strain. I wonder if the extra...
Hi Chris Thanks for you explanation. Insteresting to know about the seed sizes. How do you actually do the contact dyeing? do you make the silk wet and then...
Hi, Teresinha Yes, wet the silk. Lay out the leaves, flowers, seeds in a pleasing arrangement. Roll up. Press down to crush plant tissue and release ...
Contact natural dyeing was described by "India Flint" from Australia using eucalyptus leaves. She calls it eco-prints because the colour is fast without...
Many thanks for the extra references Chris. I was wondering whether you might like to write a post about you very interesting contact dyeing with woad in the...
Thank you for the invitation to post to your blog, Teresinha. We are still researching the different qualities and constraints of contact dyeing with woad....
Hi folks. I went to the Exh in Manchester but failed to see that he DVD was on sale. WSD Journal said you had to send to Canada for it, trust them to give...
Thanks for the link. Wish I could see the exhibit. I own the Maiwa Productions Indigo DVD. It is very well done and gives several good examples of extracting...
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