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Don is preparing
the soil for planting. |
Cultivating
through freshly tilled soil |
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Row is marked
with string so you will know where to put
the seeds |
Plowing dirt
into the rows. |
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Raking dirt over
planted seeds |
Flax plot is
planted we wait now for growth.
approximately two to three months. |
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Flax is ready to
be pulled and to be spread out for drying.
The flax was planted in late March. We are
pulling it on July 21st |
Seed Rippling -
Removing the seed for next years flax. |
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Water Retting:
The process whereby the outer hull of the
flax straw is rotted away to expose the
inner fiber. |
Linen clothing
made from Flax |
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Linen clothing
made from Flax |
Linen clothing
made from Flax |
