material is steamed for 1 1/2 hour,longer for large cotton bundles
A copper boiler of my mothers is used to hold the water. My husband made the ‘chimney’ for bundles from the tin that used to cover my pit. fire
creating dye from rhubarb leaves
small bundles
Steam has a high BTU. It can pass over the bundles without compromising adjacent bundles.
Pails of dyes created from plants on my acreage
creating dyes by fermenting pine cones