Puutarha on ollut oman onnensa nojassa, mutta kasvit ovat pitäneet tästä kesästä. Osasta värikasveja olen jo saanut korjattua satoa, pietaryrtit on kerätty ja kuvassa näkyvät piiskutkin ovat jo likoamassa. Väritatar (japanilainen indigo) on kasvanut tosi hyvin ja sen sadonkorjuu pitää alkaa heti kun vaan ehdin.
IN ENGLISH
August has gone by so fast, the market is still keeping me very busy and almost all the yarn I have dyed recently has gone there. As soon as the market season slows down in couple of weeks time, I am able to stock more yarn to the online shop, too. I am sorry about not having new yarns there now:( Also bloggings about my dyeings will have to wait until I have a little more time.
So here are some pictures from my garden. It has had to cope on its own lately, but anyway, this has been a very good summer for plants, hot and rainy now in August. I have already harvested some of my dyeplants, like tansy and weld, and also goldenrods in the top picture are right now soaking in hot water. Japanese indigo has liked the hot summer also and it has grown really well (again), I should begin to harvest it as soon as I have time and before the frosty nights come.
Tässä väritatarta lisää.
Here is my japanese indigo.
Punahatut eivät ole värikasveja, mutta pidän niistä muuten tosi paljon, kukkivat pitkään ja ovat perhosten suosikkeja.
Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) are not dyeplants, but they are one of my favourite flowers in the end of summer: they flower for a long time and butterflies like them.
More Purple coneflowers, in the background there is some of my woad.
Morsinkoa ennen ensimmäistä keruuta pari viikkoa sitten, nyt uusia lehtiä on kasvamassa syyskuista keruuta varten.
Woad before the first harvest two weeks ago, now the new leaves are already growing and I can harvest it second time later in the autumn.
And finally another favourite flower for me and butterflies: Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum).