Dying to Discover Food Dyes

Interested in finding out what fascinating colours your food waste could produce in tie dye? Foodival will host a tie dye workshop on the 4th September using dyes derived from everyday food waste. Bring a white t-shirt or kitchen towel and see what colour combos cabbage scraps, onion peels and avocado pips can create. This is what we have found so far: 

Red cabbage produces a pale blue dye
Red onion produces green
Yellow onion produce a vibrant yellow
What other colours can you find among our every day fruit and vegetables?

Purple Orach in SW12

Meanwhile the summer has finally decided to show and there's still plenty of time to grow in your gardens, windowsills, allotments, roofs or any other spaces which get some rays! What are you growing this year? June is the ideal time to plant out runner beans, French beans, courgettes, pumpkins, squashes and sweetcorn, plus outdoor tomatoes and cucumbers. All of these can be ready in time for Foodival on 4th September. Don't forget to water them!