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Tips for germinating Dye Plants (and more)
I don't know if you've noticed, but it already smells like spring outside! And spring, around here, means starting to plan sowings. For some time now, we've had some seeds of our own dye plants available in our online store, but as not everyone has a lot of experience in sowing and planting some species that have specific needs, here's a post with some tips for you to have great success in your sowings on that side!
About Weld: answering a few questions
After the online workshop, Teresa A. identified Resedas growing on her land. I advised her to collect seeds from these plants and cultivate them intentionally over the next few years. As they grow naturally, they are sure to be very well adapted to the area and will need almost no care, which is exactly what we want! In the meantime, she can collect a few to experiment and understand their dyeing power. As a result of the emails we exchanged, she asked me the following questions, which I'm going to answer here, because they help us understand a little more about this plant and I thought there might be people out there with the same doubts.
The Indigo from the Woad Plants in Faial
Last November, when the Indigo season was over, I finally had the capacity to focus on the Woad Plants properly and I was finally able to extract indigo from this iconic plant.
The yellow of our Reseda
Finally, a few skeins dyed with our weld, grown by us, and overdyed with indigo to make the classic Lincoln green.
The First Year of Growing Weld
Here are some images of the development of the weld plants, which I saw for the first time this year. Most of the plants were harvested in August and have since dried out.