Safflower harvest
The Garden in 2019
Woad Dyeing
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The woad leaves are torn up and boiling water is poured over them. This stew is left for an hour to get the colour out of the leaves.
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The sherry colour liquid is processed by first adding some washing soda to make it ph9-10 and then oxygen is both added and removed.