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Fabric dyeing with African marigold

12th May 202220th February 2022 by Kar-Ling

This blog post is about fabric dyeing with African marigolds flowers. Marigold flowers have been known to produce strong colors when dyed with fabric. Marigold also known as Tagetes are grown annually or perennial. Especially when fresh flowers are used to extract colors. Dried flowers also do work in my opinion the colors aren’t as … Read more

Growing and harvesting Marigold

23rd October 202115th October 2021 by Kar-Ling

This blog post is on growing and harvesting marigold. Marigold is easy to grow as an annual flowering plant. In the UK it would not survive come wintertime. Marigold flowers in small amounts it is edible. In my previous post, I have written a similar variety of marigold known as Tagetes minuta. I am growing … Read more