September 2024

 The Japanese indigo is flowering.

 I've been experimenting with the Japanese indigo in a few ways. I love the beautiful teals of an ice water blender bath, but a few days ago, decided to extract some pigment for later use, before the indigo content of the leaves decreases too much.

The temperature has been around 90. This is after 1 day.

After 2 days, here is the beautiful metallic sheen!

After beating and adding some lime.

Now to wait for the indigo the settle down to the bottom...