tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157957182206065559.post6073515290721577834..comments2023-06-26T02:07:23.897+12:00Comments on hangs by a thread: Back to nature....sort of.Doespinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04760221190794336414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157957182206065559.post-14051724510985563972008-09-09T10:57:00.000+12:002008-09-09T10:57:00.000+12:00i'm a little cautious about encouraging the use of...i'm a little cautious about encouraging the use of any lichen unless it's gathered as a windfall, they grow so slowly and newcomers to the dye world tend to get over excited and rush out for mad harvesting. eucalypts on your side of the ditch are technically a weed and so can be used with impunity.<BR/>oh, and when i was wandering the west coast last year i met a woman at Hokitika who was growing woad in a glasshouse (to prevent escape)and using it without too much complicated processing to make very nice blues...the good thing about woad is that the plant also makes excellent green manure<BR/>best wishes<BR/>india (the tumbleweed)india flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.com