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Tag: flax

Flax Shirt Update — 2 Hours for Plant and Harvest

July 15, 2019

Three months ago, I introduced my shirt-making project in a blog post. I had just planted 1/2 lb of Avian flax seeds in a field (it covered 200 ft², at 24 seeds/ft in 7-in rows) at that time. This last weekend I harvest the flax and thought it would be a good point to update … More Flax Shirt Update — 2 Hours for Plant and Harvest

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How Hard Could It Be to Make a Shirt?

April 15, 2019

The institute’s tagline is “housing, clothing, and feeding ourselves in a post-fossil-fuel world,” but we give short shrift to the “clothing” part as we work on gardening and construction projects. We were lucky enough to be offered some growing space near the institute and in addition to growing chicken feed, we thought it would be … More How Hard Could It Be to Make a Shirt?

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We just finished moving 19 tons of #fieldstone to near the building site for our #tenmilebuilding.
Mixing up some lime putty for #mortar and #plaster walls.
Time to plant the peas! We've had a lot more luck when we pre-start the peas instead of direct sewing.
Who needs a gym when you can weed wheat? Or any other tasks around here?
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This is how we've been planting potatoes for years with good success! We plant on the surface about a foot apart with two quarts of compost to manure per plant and then lots of mulch. We do not bury potatoes because it's easier to plant and harvest and the yield is approximately the same based on our research.
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