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Duluth Fiber Handcrafter’s Guild Flax Project

The Duluth Fiber Handcrafter's Guild gave me Flax seeds and I grew a 9 x 10 foot plot of flax in our garden this summer.  Some photos and explanations of what I have done so far follow. End product this fall: white, hairlike fibers pop out under bark when I bend stems! Flax is up by mid-June after a good rain July 25, 2018 Mid-late August, 2018 Mature seedheads are brown, flowers blue, Mid-September, 2018 Pull the entire plant to harvest it By October 24, after turning it once a week, dew retting is progressing well, especially on the thinner…

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