buttercup squash promises to feed us
well after summer is long gone.
a great variety in color and taste.
zucchini tomato bake
breakfast every day right now. I feel a little guilty not sharing more of them…
and the indigo got a second haircut today and is drying now.
I never got my indigo seeds to come up. We are having drought conditions. What a bummer. Could you share your recipe?, what a fab harvest!!
something related to this…
http://www.vikingrange.com/consumer/lifestyle/recipe.jsp?id=prod5400161
indigo does not like drought conditions. it’s a fact!
LOVE your blue tiles!!!! Goes great with your indigo… vegetables are BEAUTIFUL! LOVELY grouping!
those tiles have held up. way back over 25 years ago i tiled that kitchen and insisted on heavy porcelain tile. it was a good choice.
The zucchini-tomato bake looks great.
I’ve had indigo shrub growing in my yard for a couple of years now. I never even though about using it for dye!
donna- not sure where you live but what you have is likely not the dye producing type of indigo. here is what japanese indigo looks like:
http://shiborigirl.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/just-dreaming-of-indigo-and-japan/
at the end of summer it will go to seed and need to be resown next spring. there are many types of false indigo that are ornamental.