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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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flax update
The flax at Global Gardens is looking good. It’s not so tall, but the flowers have come and gone, so we’ve about 4 weeks til harvest. We aim to visit St Fagan’s this week to see how that’s doing. Thanks to the grant we have secured from the Ashley Family Foundation, we’ll be facilitating workshops…
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making n mending club at global gardens
The summer season of making n mending gatherings at Global Gardens project allotment has started again, thanks to funding from the Ashley Family Foundation grant. We’ve started making a dye reference resource, dyeing scraps with garden plants and dye powders, to be kept in the classroom. Here’s what else is planned: 21st june making a…
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Growing flax
After three weeks with no rain, i wasn’t expecting much… but the flax is up and looking okay! Thankfully there has been help with weeding and watering from St Fagan’s volunteers. We’re planning a flax pull session is Wednesday 23rd August – Around 98 days after sowing. We collected some of the beautiful woad seeds…
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