tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post6627731407960320395..comments2023-09-15T07:31:57.059-06:00Comments on woman with wings: out of the dye-pot: bindweedPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-88299880304106282322011-07-18T21:50:26.937-06:002011-07-18T21:50:26.937-06:00oh bummer. reading at the beginning i'd hoped...oh bummer. reading at the beginning i'd hoped it was delicious .... the last thing i need is a laxative...oh well...grace Forrest~Maestashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853978388902544613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-88488388081906671682011-07-16T19:56:44.326-06:002011-07-16T19:56:44.326-06:00Lyn, for some reason, I can't even imagine a w...Lyn, for some reason, I can't even imagine a wreath made from bindweed. Maybe cuz it's so scrawny when it's dried! But then if a ton of it is wrapped round & dried, who knows? What do you think? $100 per wreath? Ha. But you have planted another seed, my dear woman!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-11855095222787131792011-07-16T19:45:58.838-06:002011-07-16T19:45:58.838-06:00Jo, I know, isn't it crazy? It is an old-time ...Jo, I know, isn't it crazy? It is an old-time remedy but honestly, it doesn't need to grow like there's no tomorrow if it's only useful as a laxative. No, there's some other purpose for it, I keep hoping I'll understand this plant. Really understand it!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-26442516275269991112011-07-15T06:55:25.355-06:002011-07-15T06:55:25.355-06:00This makes me laugh, as we both have been struggli...This makes me laugh, as we both have been struggling with bindweed all these years. It's so aggressive and then gets that mold at the end of the summer. If only it could be used, like this or for other things, then, the use would keep it in check. I wonder if a tincture could be made to help as a laxative?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00023067285682479382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-90347301057848467862011-07-14T17:39:42.961-06:002011-07-14T17:39:42.961-06:00Peggy if you have THAT much of the stuff, then hau...Peggy if you have THAT much of the stuff, then haul it up and make wreaths with it, dry them and flog them to florists for Christmas.<br />Ive done about 25 from my clematis which Ive thinned out. I will use half of them as gifts come Christmas with added stitched decorations on them. <br />Will take your advice and not eat the bindweed then lolliniecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643986273499722414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-85695816334556051292011-07-13T17:42:44.687-06:002011-07-13T17:42:44.687-06:00Marie, if you don't have bindweed where you li...Marie, if you don't have bindweed where you live, never leave this place. You are lucky. It is impossible to erradicate without using chemicals. I just always try to coexist with it, and not always from a place of love!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-34020060161856301212011-07-13T17:39:59.799-06:002011-07-13T17:39:59.799-06:00Cindy, well that sounds interesting -- a beet inci...Cindy, well that sounds interesting -- a beet incident. Hmm. And thanks!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-30787557373675208032011-07-13T17:38:53.970-06:002011-07-13T17:38:53.970-06:00Deb, hey, thanks for offering but we're good. ...Deb, hey, thanks for offering but we're good. <br />Ha!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-46803716515406806812011-07-13T08:23:25.835-06:002011-07-13T08:23:25.835-06:00Well, the bindweed does look lovely wrapped around...Well, the bindweed does look lovely wrapped around the cloth. Sounds like you have come up with some creative ways of dealing with it!<br />It must be hard to get rid of?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181098682139274245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-75787520174801134302011-07-12T21:04:17.737-06:002011-07-12T21:04:17.737-06:00what a beautiful golden result! don't know if...what a beautiful golden result! don't know if i could live with the smell though. brings backa memory of an awful beet incident...handstorieshttp://handstories.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-79584702327407142002011-07-12T19:56:08.054-06:002011-07-12T19:56:08.054-06:00Well, that's one way to deal with it. Do you ...Well, that's one way to deal with it. Do you need more? I can send you some. :)Deb Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729615248033326334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-12553687939943272012011-07-12T16:52:55.457-06:002011-07-12T16:52:55.457-06:00Lyn, a local plant dye book says it's colorfas...Lyn, a local plant dye book says it's colorfast and fadeproof. But you're right, we don't know for sure and I haven't the heart to wash it yet! In a little while. It's edible, just not much because it's a laxative. I really didn't like its taste, would have to be starving I think. Nothing, not even gin, would make it good, IMO!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-85116801957450009652011-07-12T16:48:19.594-06:002011-07-12T16:48:19.594-06:00Helen, the golden color really is lovely in person...Helen, the golden color really is lovely in person, too. A ball of bindweed -- I love that. I could have a ball as big as my house in a year's time, I bet. Maybe I'll make a small one for my garden altar. I've meditated, invoked & pleaded & bargained, loved & hated it, and even bound things with it over the years. We've come to this.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071261854957363637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-45942902480037350112011-07-12T13:08:11.009-06:002011-07-12T13:08:11.009-06:00Yes it does look beautifully aged, wonder how well...Yes it does look beautifully aged, wonder how well it will last? And can you eat it too? Id always thought it was a poisonous plant? Or did you just taste the dye bath? ( with gin or not?)lolliniecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643986273499722414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-78609760406891647052011-07-12T12:42:04.966-06:002011-07-12T12:42:04.966-06:00Makes me think of vellum parchment too.....it look...Makes me think of vellum parchment too.....it looks seeped with age.helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412509910451805109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382541836368981865.post-8602040152880282992011-07-12T12:40:04.915-06:002011-07-12T12:40:04.915-06:00Ohhhh ~ that so delicate colour. Makes me think of...Ohhhh ~ that so delicate colour. Makes me think of something floaty and faery. So good that you are making friends with bindweed. I do not have it in our garden, but I still have a loosely tumbled ball, from when I was weeding it at the Willow farm. It is a lovely sculpture ~ spiders live in it now :~)<br /><br />What a beautiful post.helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412509910451805109noreply@blogger.com