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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>]

I found this site on iron gall ink.  Everything you ever wanted to know 
about iron gall ink, even how to make it.

http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ink/index.html

Wendy



> On May 27, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:
>
> > Unable to determine pH or potential toxicity or other negativity of
> > walnut catkins in garden beds or in compost. Anyone know?
>
> Unable to pull from memory any meaning for the work "catkin".  Have
> half a bucket of black walnuts here from the lawn, intending to plant
> them at the new house in about a month or so.
>
> Any advice on growing black walnut trees from the nuts welcome.
>
> Related notes:
> 1.  Black walnut husks have been used to make ink.
> 2. The Constitution of the United States of America was written with
> "iron gall ink".  Iron gall ink may be related to black walnut husk
> ink, I dunno.
> 3. At one time, the folks in Puerto Rico (I think it was) wanted to
> put their constitution on permanent display outside in the sun.  The
> experienced folks where I used to work (NBS, now NIST) who have worked
> on two different display cases for our Constitution, strongly advised
> them that there was no way to protect a historical document such as
> that from the sun.
> 4. Newspapers from  prior to about 1900 are still in excellent
> condition because they were made on good paper.  Modern news print
> degrades within a short period of time and if left in the sun, yellows
> in a day or less.
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky AT earthlink.net
> Lovettsville, VA 20180
>
>
>
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