At the Cabin I have a small garden plot that used to be a place for the baby livestock to live. When moved in, I decided to use that space for a garden. Unfortunately, the lack of soil (there is more shale there than anything else) and the fact that I cannot be there every day, made it very hard to grow anything. My purple green beans did amazingly well, but everything else (that lived) was nothing more than a miniature version of what it should be. Radishes the size of a pea, carrots only an inch long, cucumbers that should have been huge but looked like gerkins.
Eventually, I will have the time to bring in topsoil and fertilizer and do a full scale garden and do it right. For this year, however, I just opted to test out some flax. If the summer is too dry, it is likely not much will come of it, but I am crossing my fingers I ge
Eventually, I will have the time to bring in topsoil and fertilizer and do a full scale garden and do it right. For this year, however, I just opted to test out some flax. If the summer is too dry, it is likely not much will come of it, but I am crossing my fingers I ge
I turned the soil for two beds and added in 2 cubic feet of a topsoil/compost blend. Over that I sprinkled flax seeds purchased from Landis Valley Farm. The variety is Marylin, which is specifically bred for better fibre production.
The beds are staked off and I look forward to seeing if anything has sprouted in a couple of days.
Ideally, this will grow well enough that learn the entire process of turning flax into fibre - from the seed to spinning. Below is the wet-weather pond (which would be great, I think, for retting, except that it tends to disappear in mid-summer) and team of oxen I used for my field work ;-)
Eventually, this field will be home to Icelandic Sheep!
The beds are staked off and I look forward to seeing if anything has sprouted in a couple of days.
Ideally, this will grow well enough that learn the entire process of turning flax into fibre - from the seed to spinning. Below is the wet-weather pond (which would be great, I think, for retting, except that it tends to disappear in mid-summer) and team of oxen I used for my field work ;-)
Eventually, this field will be home to Icelandic Sheep!
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