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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[jillwheezul]

Brigit grows plants for dyes.

[gargoyal3]

So, I have lots of comments

[aelfgyfu]

I meant that I won't have to process the flax until it's grown - as in not this month. I have plenty of space (up to an acre really) to grow and process it, and am doing it largely for the experience, not to go into production, so the ick factor isn't a big deal for me.

And ok, I won't grow woad. ;-)

[aelfgyfu]

Oh yeah, and that article is what had me thinking it might be fun to mess around with some flax. Is open on my computer right now... I just want to try it out, not start a commercial venture or weave a whole shirt.

[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

[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.

[mosebrit]

Thanks for your share! very impressive!