In Texas we have finally gotten back to sane fall temps of 80 degrees. The garden is settling down and going to seed. We have some heavy rains forecasted so I harvested some indigo seed, gathered oak galls & acorns and took advantage of delayed rains to scour some wool for a November natural dye class.
The Japanese Indigo yielded its small flea like seeds. When the winter winds blow in I’ll winnow the chaff out. 
The Indigo Suffruticosa is still teaching me how to harvest it. The bean like seeds ripen to brown black and split open. 
When you pull a seed bunch a branchlet usually comes with it. Determined not to waste an opportunity I’ve put these branchlets plus some wind trimming into a white bucket and put it aside to see if my indigo makes a natural appearance. Look at this after just one day!
So I plan to use the yeast recipe for woad in Jenny Dean’s newest book, A Heritage of Colour. Stay tuned for those results.
And the acorns and oak galls are making an appearance so I gathered some up to put aside to pull for tannin. “Some” is the key word as the squirrels and deer have been very busy dining on fallen acorns. 
And finally I am prepping some beautiful wool, silk and cotton for a November workshop I am giving. Scouring the Australian wool was today and winds permitting I will mordant tomorrow. Here’s my source link.
debmcclintock 
wow- those branchlets! and glad to hear the heat is subsiding. here too. heading to Houston for the next 10 days and packed the umbrella.
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Take a boat to Houston, they are going to be pounded the next 3 days. All good Houstonians head to 2nd floor parking garage and the pub to let the waters subside.
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