My first and second attempts at dyeing with my dying amaranth are up here. Poor plants. Two of them are still whole; the others have twisted broken stems and I must continue my dyeing trials soon before they die completely. Otherwise, not much is going on (other than having for dinner last night a cantaloupe from the garden, tabbouleh that barely made a dent in the parsley bed, and Genie’s rosemary-artichoke hummus). How could it? It’s been raining for days. A cucumber plant appears to be kicking the bucket, the potatoes are yellowing, the few puny onions I dug up are undoubtedly waterlogged. At least my spilanthes are starting to flower (the cosmos aren’t). When the rain stops I will attempt to garden again. Until then, it’s cooking and taking care of the inside of the house (for a change) for me.
Flowers and even fruit are only the beginning. In the seed lies the life and the future.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
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August 21, 2007 at 9:49 am
Genie
My cucumber plants kicked the bucket awhile ago, unfortunately, but I still haven’t taken them out of the ground…need to be home long enough to do that! Hope you get some good gardening weather soon…
August 21, 2007 at 11:16 am
Jenny
Thanks. I hope you get some time at home!
August 22, 2007 at 11:15 am
Kim
Very cool… I enjoyed seeing the results of your test dyes. I have ‘Hopi Red Dye’ amaranth myself, but I haven’t gotten brave enough to try dying with it yet. That gold color you got with the vinegar and amaranth is encouraging me to give it a try, though–beautiful.
August 22, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Jenny
I love how your amaranth is integrated with the rest of your plants–I’m afraid I’ve got a standard square-plot vegetable garden. The kids in the house that abuts mine told me it looked great, though–“so many vegetables.”