A basket of St. John's wort and musk mallow. Perheniemi, Finland. Picked. 2006-07-10.

Dried flowerstalk, all fluffy and brown. That's what drying solidagos do, don't throw them out ... Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-08-03.

Flowering tops on a dehydrator tray. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-28.

Flowering tops on a dehydrator tray. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-28.

Dehydrator-dried roots (yellowish) and airdried roots (dark reddish-brown). Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-08-01.

A dug-up plant with sliced-up roots. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2005-09-28.

Dried leaf buds - just in case somebody is still trying to sell fluffy poplar sweepings as "balm of gilead" buds. That's fluff, this is the real thing. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2005-09-28.

Dried flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2004-11-23.

Dried root. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2004-09-09.

Dried flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Indoors. 2004-09-09.

Paperbags with dye plants: Rubia, Coreopsis, Anthemis, Reseda ... Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Indoors. 2004-09-09.

Flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2004-09-09.

Dried berries. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2004-11-15.

A closer look at split berries. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Processed. 2004-11-05.

A basket of berries, with two leaves. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2004-11-05.

Flowers, orange and sunny. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2004-09-11.

A basketful of flowers, yellow and sunny. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2004-09-11.

African marigold (Tagetes) and dyer's coreopsis (Coreopsis) flowers in a basket. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2004-09-17.