E135: Getting Creative By Using Your Garden Harvest For Natural Dyeing with Lourdes Still from Masagana Flower Farm
Episode 135: Listen here!
We’re almost officially at our safe planting out date in Manitoba and Dave and Maggie have high spirits! Lots of Spring vibes in the studio as the duo catch-up on all the chaos that May brings and the projects they have planned this season.
Maggie is planning to build another garden bed to grow a pumpkin and squash patch as Dave is planning on growing some more unusual dyeing plants, like henna. Be sure to follow along with their growing trials on Instagram. Follow Maggie over on @fromsoiltsoul and Dave @sagegardenherbs.
Dave’s Fav Thing: Anthocyanin — the antioxidant that turns vegetables purple!
Maggie’s Fav Thing: Caiman Beefsteak Tomato (parthenocarpic variety)
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This week’s guest:
Lourdes Still, owner of Masagana Flower Farm
About Lourdes Still:
Lourdes is the owner of the Filipina-led business, Masagana Flower Farm based locally in rural Manitoba. Masagana is a Tagalog (or Filipino) word, meaning “abundant, prosperous, plentiful”; a way to honour Lourdes’ Filipino-heritage. At her farm, Lourdes offers experiential tours, hands-on dyeing experiences and a range of naturally dyed products.
This episode covers:
Lourdes background, moving to Canada and learning about Manitoba’s grow zones
Converting her front lawn to cut flower beds
Lourdes’ background as a large scale flower buyer and how that led her to the “slow flower movement”
Natural dyeing books Lourdes recommends
Flowers that work well as both cut flowers and as natural dyes
Tools and supplies needed for natural dyeing
When to harvest flowers for natural dyeing
The Pembina Fibre Shed Community in Manitoba
This episode is sponsored by:
House of Anansi Press is Canada’s leading independent publisher. Grow Guide listeners can get 15% off using code Gardening15 when you purchase Gardening Naturally from houseofanansipress.com.
Dirt n’ Grow Evolve Organic Fertilizers is a Manitoba-based manufacturer and wholesaler of high-quality organic fertilizer. Dit n’ Grow is offering Grow Guide listeners free shipping on orders over $75 within Canada.
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