I watched a video on using mushrooms for dyeing and wow, so cool!!! I really want to try except I live in suburbia and although there are hiking trails where I could go forage, my 16 week twin baby bump is like "nooope!"
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Now is a good time to learn what is in your area so you can be armed with knowledge when you eventually are able to go out.
Learning about different species of mushrooms leads to learning about various trees and ecosystems.
To find certain colors, you might have to learn details of several species that grow near your locale.
If there's no nature within a partial days drive, then cultivation might be something to consider.
finally the field science class I took in high school is gonna come into use!
Soon enough you will be able to forage with three enthusiastic helpers. Learn as much as you can now to be able to teach them in the future. πππ
I hope they'll be excellent foragers! they'll be so close to the ground too!
I see dyerβs polypore all the time, but Iβm not into fabrics. π
If you send me some I will give it to my dyer friend. Someday I may want some too.
This coming fall I will pick them.
It will give me something else to keep an eye out for, there are few others mushrooms I believe make for good dyeing. Iβll have to look through the books. We plenty of this one too.
OOOOOOOO how excellent! π€©
there's a part of me that's like "send me! I will use it to dye!" but life is about to be unpredictable as this pregnancy progresses and I'll be in the thick of twin newborns later this year. not the right time for me sadly π’