The impossible truth

A lot of what I wrote yesterday was very tongue in cheek. But ironically teasles were at one point vital to the Casentino wool textile industry and the famous felted Casentino wool cloth. I’ve since done some research and hope to write something less satirical.

By way of a start the teasle goes under many names in Italy. One of the most common is la carda del lanaioli ( the wool worker’s thistle). Here’s a company that still uses them https://www.piacenzacashmere.com/it/blog/il-fiore-di-cardo-e-la-tecnica-antica-della-garzatura-b53.html

Meanwhile here a picture of the new collecting pond and the pump pushing water uphill to my water tank.