HERB - Fw: [TY] Help from Scribes,Gardeners and Dyers

[Jenne Heise]

> >> I am working on building up a pallette of period 
> >> for indigo and woad, but can't find a source for a
> Thing the first, woad is not non-toxic.  It's hallucinogenic, as a matter
> of fact.  You should be OK in small quantities, but be careful of woad.

I, too, would like a citation for this. It's one of those SCA statements (like, bananas
before fighting will cause cramp) that I've never seen proven or even mentioned in a
reliable mundane source.

> Thing secundus, you're not going to get a lot of action on getting seeds
> for the European plant "turnsol", crozophora tinctoria, one of the
> Euphoribicea, since it is classified as a noxious weed, a major pain in the
> tuchus of folks in Europe who are trying to grow things for food.  (It's
> quickly found on Italian sites dealing with the growing of spring onions,
> for instance.)

Does anyone know anything about restrictions on growing  crozophora tinctoria in the US,
though? I couldn't find any USDA warnings on it in a quick search.

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Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at mail.browser.net
disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
"The worst thing I can say of a person is, 'they couldn't be bothered'."  
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