[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Georgia DuBose]

Salt works as a mordant for poke berries. Did some dye experiments
with my kids a while back.

Georgia+

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> I find myself with a foot in both camps. Pokeweed *is* a nuisance when it
> grows where you don't want it. However, as Sibyl says, it has many valuable
> properties, some of which Big Pharma doesn't wish to acknowledge but were
> well-known to old-time healers. Southern cooks, particularly country folks,
> know about "poke sallet"; interestingly enough, although I ate many things
> I otherwise never would have encountered during my days as a home health
> nurse, this is one I missed. And I have looked at old journals and other
> writings and actually seen things written with the red ink made from it.
> One of my artist friends, who uses only natural dyes in her fiber art,
> would absolutely LOVE to use pokeberries if she could only find the mordant
> to make it set, but she can't find anything about it either. So I only cuss
> it in my flowerbeds and leave the rest for the birds. Well, I take that
> back....I also cuss it when the birds poop purple on my car windows.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Well it must exist in Pennsylvania - otherwise Penn State wouldn't have
>> instructions on how to get rid of it:
>> http://extension.psu.edu/pests/weeds/weed-id/pokeweed
>>
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 12:18 AM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/6/2015 8:30:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> I  worked on clearing the tree sized pokeweed  >>>>>
>>
>>
>> I have not encountered this plant here in Pennsylvania nor in
>> my home Upper Midwest States.
>>
>> Thank God!
>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>>