After it rained last night and part of today, we are succesfully growing mud, mud and - some more mud!
Now the big question is: how can we turn this into a succesful business?
Any ideas? Please share them with me!
After making sure I put on rather snug fitting rubber boots, it was time to dig some more trenches to give the sheep and goats a break from their mud treatments. Pretty much all I could do for today.
Time to think ahead, think spring. Plan and lay out the gardens. Catalogs are arriving almost daily at a rate that can almost compete with the "growth" of the mud. This year I would like to bigger the spot for my dying plants. I got a fabulous book from Germany.It is the most comprehensive guide on how to use a wide variety of plants for dying wool and silk. It is by Dorothea Fischer and she covers well known dye stuff, but also introduces exotic ideas like red cabbage and mango. I promise to report on my experiments, which I hope to conduct often this year......
It might be a good idea to stop talking now and spin some wool instead!
1 comment:
I have been on this delightful farm, full of children, sheep, chickens and yes mud.
I too look forward to spring and talk of gardening.
I envy your beautiful farm gardens every year, but yet I can't keep myself from visiting and enjoying their splendor.
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