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...

Messy but happy part of the garden.