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Turmeric is a nice one , changes colour in different acid and base concentrations http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/ http://www.pioneerthinking.com/naturaldyes.html http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/naturaldyes.shtml Here's few websites with very nice pointers Best of luck :icon_smile: thanks for all the rep...

The most ish way to do it would be to just buy a couple of slings and do elimination communication...if I lived in a warm enough climate this is what I would do, as there is no reason to put baby down when they are small (apart from when you are going a little crazy) so they don't really need much i...

greenorelse wrote:Hmmm. I was thinking, well, you usually plant rosemary for remembrance....

oh knickers I spelt it wrong

woad is fairly each yes other easy ones are rhubarb leaves (yellow), buddleia (yellow) and onion skins (yellow) in fact, apart from woad, most natural dyes seem to be in the yellow - beige range. we got a light green from nettles. pale purple/pink from elderberries (though berry dyes are sposed to ...

I have just started to have a bash at dying cotton and wool with natural dyes...it would be fab to grow the materials in my own measly garden. Has anyone tried this? I am a very inexperienced and not awfully enthusiastic gardener, I am ashamed to say. My garden is dark and clay and blurgh. Apparentl...

well I will post as this seems like such a lovely forum and I hope to learn a lot. There aren't many pics of me without a baby attached I'm afraid. This is after the most recent self sufficient home hair cut, complete with wonky fringe. http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz236/petalporridge/DSC02475...

hello! I live in whitstable, on the coast and near canterbury. Tis very nice

Well done for the bread! I have been lax the last few weeks, so you are an inspiration :cheers: Local farm have offered to deliver bread flour with the veg box, that would really mean I had to bake it all so I might commit to that when I am feeling brave. What sort of bread are you baking? keep goin...

Just my opinion but...lush shmush. I was persuaded by raving friends to try it a while ago. I have never spent so much money on something which irritated my skin so much and seemed to have zero green credentials, besides being made from plants and stuff (which most things are to some extent). I also...

ah thanks for the recommendations that just what I needed to know, esp where to get seeds! Getting a bit late this year I suppose but a girl can plan... A raspberry bush would be a fab idea! Also I like yarrow a lot, thankyou :sunny: Just wish I had more space but I'm sure I'll find ways to make the...

Hi Anna!

I am new here too and am very near you in Whitstable

I dropped out of Kent uni a few years ago! Your degree sounds really interesting. There's a nice herbalist in Whitstable who might be happy to take your questionnaire or know others who would, you never know.

Naomi

Thanks for the great tips! I woudl love an elder bush, can you just buy them in a nursery or do I need to get a cutting or something? Must look up this vertical growing thing. And yes my border was chocker with mint but I'm gonna pull it all up, maybe make some mint sauce or dry it for tea, and then...

i am a fan of terries too (its worth spending a bit extra to get more absorbant soft ones IMO). You shouldn't need to soak nappies, that was what women tended to do before washing machines. They'd soak in sterilising solution, rinse then dry. If you have a washing machine you can just keep the dirty...

lol!

The other day I heard the landlady of our local tipsily shrieking 'wot star sign am I again bob? I'm a tories aren't I?'

bunch some carded wool up into a ball shape. Wind some more around it really tightly, a good couple of layers. Get some coloured scraps of carded or knitting wool and wind them around in a pretty pattern. Make it big enough that the leg of the tights has to stretch pretty well to get over it. Shove ...