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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

We now have tubes you can use to rett your flax crop - and here's how to use them

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Blogspot seems to back on it's cycle of not allowing me to write without a photo........ We now have a couple of PVC pipes set up re...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

We have all the processing equipment now and started turning flax into gold

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We now have all the equipment needed for flax processing and spent last night making our own linen - very exciting! This is Sharon using ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Linen cloth from my own, home grown and processed linen!

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Here it is folks! The first Vancouver DTES linen in recorded history! Looks a little hairy and string like, but I was braking in my fing...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Flax retting complete, some processing done, and Blogspot is working (almost) properly again.

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Retting is complete now. I untied the bundles and spread the flax on the concrete of my patio. I sprayed it with the hose before bed for...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Woad weeds from the flax plot - fighting Blogspot to get the post up on here!

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Here's the picture that Blogspot wouldn't let me upload on the last post. This is the first dip in my woad vat. Fleece (and silk a...

Is retting complete? And Blogspot won't let me complete the post with photos of the flax's woad weeds dyeing mauve (instead of the usual turquoise)

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Blogspot still in snit mode about me writing before posting a photo (and still won't let me correct typos without deleting back to the...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Restoring soil fertililty with alfalfa - planting details

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Yes this is the same picture as the previous post, but blogspot won't let me write anything without first putting up a picture............