Category: linen
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Flax to Linen in action
We’ve had two lovely things happen this month… well there’s been lots of loveliness, but these are to share. Llieinwe Exhibition at Waterloo Tea shop, Whitchurch road Until June 5th We were offered the space in this lovely little local tea shop (also good coffee, lovely food and nice people). We have tried to show…
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Pulling, drying, retting the flax
Time has passed and the flax is in the Global Gardens greenhouse for the winter. We pulled it late – as it was planted late. As Simon from Flaxlands had told me, it didn’t go so yellow and continued to flower, as the light hours lessened to early summer length due to the late planting.…
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Pulling the flax at St Fagan’s – part 1
We’d calculated Wednesday 23rd August as around 95 days after sowing and so we headed there nervously. The weather has been extreme. Totally dry for three weeks after planting. Then a super wet July. We had planted further apart than the two years before – due to weather, time and human resources. So i was…
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