My journey into growing indigo plants (and extracting the pigment!) has been a rollercoaster ride. My main issue this year was a failed Japanese indigo crop. Had to resow seeds and I grew only a handful of viable plants. Ultimately, I could only experiment with very small batches (Video coming soon 🌱). On the other hand, woad grows very well here (it’s low maintenance for me). Note: I’m always very careful NOT to let my woad plants go to seed. Woad isn’t welcomed in a lot of regions because it

Indigo Masterclass 2 I first met Indigo in the field. Flowers of soft pink were on every stalk, inside there was tiny ovoid seeds in several shades of greens and browns. Every little green bush, was once a hand harvested seed, then a hand planted seedling now a seed keeper in a perpetual giving back cycle. We picked fresh leaves, and leaned in to experience the aroma and textures. I am struck by how profound the earths abundance is within this nonchalant plant that holds such wonderous life-affi