What is scutching? Scutching is the process of taking off all the outer parts of the flax plant to leave the long fibres. We do this once the harvested flax […]
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Flax flowers on Irish LInen When and why did Northern Ireland’s capital city, Belfast become known as ‘Linenopolis’? Linen production was once a huge industry across the entire island of
Linenopolis – When Belfast Led The World In Linen Production Read More »
While this year’s crop of flax is around halfway through its growing period, we are still busy with retting last year’s crop. Retting is the process of breaking down the flax to
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Mallon Farm is around fifty acres and has always been nature friendly throughout its history. It was a mixed farm for years and even when, like many other farms here,
Sowing flax for fibre; a revival of Irish Grown Linen Read More »
Traditionally, flax is harvested 100 days after being sown. So far that has been our experience here at Mallon Farm, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. However, in 2021, a mix
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