Building the Bristol Dye Garden
Would you like to learn how to grow and use your own natural dye plants? My new membership community, Seed to Skein, is now open for members! For £15 per month, you'll receive five pieces of unique content every month to help you grow natural dyes and create beautiful naturally dyed yarns. Alongside the content you'll have access to a private Discord community where you can share updates, ask questions, and learn from each other.
Over the weekend (April 2019) my husband and I built the raised beds for my natural dye garden! It was a mammoth task that started with clearing the horrendous pile of weeds that used to be a lawn, a massive wood delivery and circular saw, and ended up with the frame for some very fancy looking raised beds.
We used sustainably sourced wood from a local timber merchant to reduce the carbon footprint of the build, borrowed a circular saw from a mate and took all the garden waste to be composted. Sadly the weed membrane is plastic, but we chose a more expensive heavy duty one, so that it will last longer.
It took a lot of blood and sweat, but no tears (just a lot of swearing!). The next job is to fill it with topsoil, once our arms start working again…
As a member of Seed to Skein, you'll receive five pieces of unique content each month to help you grow natural dyes and create beautiful naturally dyed yarns. Alongside the content you'll have access to a private Discord community where you can share updates, ask questions, and learn from each other.