Last Saturday I went for a walk in the back fields with the dogs. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, I wanted to see what was popping up and get a walk in.
There were a number of different things that caught my eye especially the clover, phlox and buttercups were are all booming.
For my next natural color experiment, I decided to go with the clover.
Clover leaves 
Clover buds
The flowers are similar to the dandelions with the green leaves attached to the bottom and the flower made up of a mass of spikey petals.
I pulled as much of the green leafy part off and put the buds in a mason jar then poured boiling water over them, put the lid on and placed in the sun to sit for the next 6 hours.
I strained the tea through a fine mesh strainer and voila!
It came out as a beautiful rose color. It will be fun to see what happens when I try reducing it to get a more concentrated color.
I am am still waiting for supplies. So this one will go in the fridge with the others till my package arrives.
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