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  • flax seeding

    We’re planting… better late than never! After such a wet April, the field at St Fagan’s wasn’t ploughed until two weeks ago. So we gathered troops and have done two seed sowing sessions so far. This year we’re planting 200m sq – about double last year. We have three different seed lots: 1. 9m planted…

    cat lewis

    May 24, 2023
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  • flax at st fagans ‘23

    the plan this year

    cat lewis

    March 25, 2023
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    flax linen wales
  • The last of the ‘22 St Fagans Flax

    our llieinwe flax at St Fagan’s museum was planted on 11th may last year.planting flax seed in rowsflax after a month it was ready to pull on 11th august – 91 days later. a warm n sunny day. we dressed in linen hats and pinnys made by martine 🙏🏻after pulling easily, was stacked in the…

    cat lewis

    March 11, 2023
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    fibre, flax, linen, lliain, st fagans, sustainability
  • Flaxland Visit

    The Making and Mending team, from Global Gardens Cardiff, visited Flaxlands in Stroud to learn about making linen from our flax crop. Read about it here: https://www.globalgardensproject.co.uk/single-post/visit-to-flaxland

    cat lewis

    November 17, 2022
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  • Flax sowing at St Fagans Museum

    cat lewis

    May 12, 2022
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    flax linen lliain
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