Harvesters River friendly retting in an upcycled cheese vat Sunny flax harvest Nature friendly farming Beets of Irish Grown Flax Working hands Beets of Irish grown flax drying on the fences Morning in the flax field Flax in full bloom Heritage varieties of flax Heritage flax varieties Flax growing Flax seeds A traditional fiddle for broadcasting seeds Working out the seed rate A little weeding while the flax is still young Retted flax drying Dried flax Our worst crop – short and weedy Flax seed heads A beet of dried flax Beets of dried flax Flax seed heads Stooks of flax The wee blue blossom The start of the flax harvest A flax stook turning from green to gold Racing against the rain Half way through the flax harvest Stooks drying in the field A perfect drying day Heritage varieties grown for the seed