#LymeDiseaseChallenge Take A Bite Out of Lyme
During my trips through the grasses collecting botanicals for dyeing and weaving, I'm conscious of a lot of hazards in the wild and free area I'm living in right now. Bears, coyotes and wolves to name the larger, unlikely predators (though as I write I am hearing wolves calling), snakes
The Case of Giant Rhubarb, Oxalic Acid and Other Silly Stories
It started to rain. Hey, Rhubarb leaves make for a great umbrella! I love rhubarb. Love it. Rhubarb pie, crisp, cobbler. I love it in mixed drinks, jams, ice cream
Giving The Yellow Light
ROCKET WOMAN Whole plants pulled (very easily) with my mom and Golden Retriever, Fergus in tow. I've had a brief but gleeful love affair with Wintercrest—a little weed with a cute nickname: Yellow Rocket. I found to my dismay, after successfully producing a sulfuric yellow, that my time with Yellow Rocket (Barbarea Vulgaris Arcuata) has come to a close. I dearly hold on to my exhausted dyebath and roots (knowing full well there are so many yellows to be had before the winter