Dyeing with Two Pots For this adventure in dyeing, we got smart and bought a second enamel pot. It’s larger: 5 gallons versus 3. So not only can we cut production time by half, but the larger pot  can contain voluminous quantities of plant materials …

Why Use Natural Dyes? My journey with natural dyes began over steaming pots of  onion skins and turmeric and with a mysterious flowering vat of indigo. It was about 12 years ago, and I was taking a beginning weaving course at California College of the …

As Summer wanes, I thought it may be fun to soak up some sun by making Cyanotype Prints! This method of “printing” is an easy and striking way to capture your nature collection. This is a great project for kids, but it’s just as fun …

A Reason and Season for Nature School I’ve been hinting and sharing tidbits all Summer about the nature observation project that the kids and I have been practicing. This project emerged from my desire to do better at studying and connecting with the natural world, …

Well, it was challenging to finish varnishing these benches with all of the rain, and then even more rain prevented us from getting them in the garden! But, today, we finally cleared spaces for them in the forest garden, and now they are part bench-part …