Avocado natural dye: how to get red from a green fruit
Avocados are delicious, healthy… and produce a red dye! Yes, you can use this amazing green fruit to dye natural […]
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Indigo magic: a fruit vat challenge featuring persimmons and citrus
This year I gave myself the ultimate indigo challenge: create and maintain an indigo vat with plant-based indigo and fruit
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Indigo magic: the science of transforming green to white to blue
Nature’s magic is in full force when we watch plant-based indigo turn from clear yellow to light green to a
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Discovering how to use continuous glucose monitoring to overcome high sugars and inflammation
This is the first post in my Misadventures in Midlife Metabolism series where I share my experiments in personal nutrition
Make your own giant Venus flytrap costume and stuffy
When I asked my kid what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, he spontaneously yelled out “Venus flytrap!”
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DIY Supa Fly: make a house fly costume
For Halloween this year, my kid wants to be a Venus flytrap. So, I decided to be a house fly
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Saving seeds to grow tomatoes at home: super easy and fun
Late summer and fall is the perfect time to save tomato seeds to grow on your own. I find that
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Shibori: awesome and easy home dyeing techniques
Shibori combines two of my craft loves: origami and fabric dyeing. You fold and press fabric like origami, create resist
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Indigo dyeing: bringing a beautiful ancient craft home
Indigo dyeing (藍染, lán rǎn), is a plant-based fabric dyeing process used for the past 5,000 years in Asia and
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