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August 12 at 10:56am · - Take a look at the Denton Record-Chronicle's article on the UNT Dye Garden: http://www.dentonrc.com/entertainment/entertainment-headlines/20130811-make-the-rainbow.ece?ssimg=1140325#ssStory1140327.
The reporter is planning a series on the project that will take readers through the October opening all the way to the first student project using dyes from the garden.Make the rainbowThe fruit of white walnut trees, commonly known as butternuts, have been used to make dye for hundreds of years. The butternut was used to make the dark gray color used in the uniforms of Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The dye is the reason Confederate soldiers were sometimes called “but...