Marigolds available!

I have been picking and drying marigold blooms every three or four days for quite a while now. It takes quite a few fresh blooms to make four ounces of dried material ready for the dye pot. And gone are the days when I had a seven foot diameter raised bed to grow them in. I'm working with a much smaller raised bed these days so the process takes a bit longer.

I just put the first of what I hope will be many four ounce bags of dried marigolds up on the website. And today's pickings are drying in the oven right now.

These are a great dye plant that gives lovely color to protein fibers like wool, silk, mohair. The colors are yellow to gold to greenish gold depending on your choice of mordant. The flowers are beautiful, even when they are dried and they smell wonderful. Happy dyeing!