🍃 Flax, from which linen is made, is one of the oldest continuously cultivated plants in the world. Ancient Egyptians used the finest woven linen as an expression of class and, most notably, wrapped their mummies in it. When grown in its ideal geographical zone, the cultivation of flax produces no waste. All parts of the plant are used: the fibres and seeds are made into textiles, paper, varnish, oil, animal fodder and bio-materials, making it one of the original sustainable materials! | Victor

63K views · 456 reactions | Pulling flax to make the famous Irish Linen - This is a excerpt from a video on the growing of flax for the production of Irish linen. I wonder if many of you pulled any flax or jumped on the stones on top of the lint dam as kids? | Videos of Irish Farming Life | Facebook

Retting the Flax in the flax dam -- Have many of you trampled the stones down in a flax dam? Memories... | Videos of Irish Farming Life