Gardening...

[aelfgyfu]

I'm excited about actually being around to garden this year. I do some every year, but since I've been moving around so much it's been limited for a while. I have no plans for moving, should be around the majority of the spring, summer, and fall, and have space to do pretty much whatever I want. However, the space is sort of daunting. I don't want

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[aelfgyfu]

I've found several places that sell seeds for fiber flax vs seed flax, so far that is covered. And yes, I'm not planning on trying to grow enough to make a shirt - I'm just thinking it could be fun to try out the process and make some cool tools to try using... I'm one of those weird process-oriented people where sometimes the process means more than the result. And I have the space to do it - up to an acre really if I went nuts and decided to grow more after trying out a smaller patch this year. Somehow I don't suspect I'll love it that much... but who knows, I get these crazy ideas. :-P

Hmmm... well, I'll probably hold off on specific dye plans for now then. It's something I can investigate more in the future if I am so motivated. Thanks for the info - it's faster to ask what people's experiences have been than try to figure it all out for myself! I certainly have enough other things to pursue for now. I'm also considering growing some other grain varieties to process... maybe not this year though. I may just have a big block of flax this year, and then move on to another experiment next year...

[quincydew]

You're better at this than I am, I can't find fiber flax seeds. Though admittedly I have has precious little time to search. Where did you find them? Weirdly I am also trying to grow a very small sample of flax this year.