MOSTLY ABOUT FLAX

MEDIEVAL BLEACHING (Prior to the advent of bleaching chemicals in the late 18C) SUMMARY Linen has been widely used for centurie...

BACK TO BLEACHING Back in June I posted a blog called 'Bleaching with Cow Dung' about some upcoming experiments I plan to do regar...

Yes, cow dung, amongst other things - that's what was used to bleach linen in medieval times, and I plan to do some experiments.  On Sat...

After a false start where germination was not happening and re-seeding 3 weeks after the original seeding, I have a bumper crop!  Last year...

I seeded my new flax seeds (as opposed to saved ones) on May 7.  Normally they germinate over 7 to 10 days, but 3 weeks later I had exactly ...

I added photos to illustrate the original class handout (Growing and Processing Flax) and then discovered it prints to 27 pages.  Therefore ...

Last week I ordered some flax seeds for this year from Saskflax Biolin Research in Saskatchewan.  Here is their order page - I ordered Evel...