FLAX TO LINEN
SUMMER 2009

For adults or teenagers who want to understand where linen comes from- beginning with planting seeds into the ground.

We’ll meet about seven times, some shorter and some longer, since we’ll be scheduled by the growth and processing of the plants.

We’ll start in April when we plant the seeds.  Then in three weeks we’ll have a weeding session.  About two months after planting we’ll  harvest the plants and set them to dry.  Two weeks later we will begin retting.

Another two weeks will have us drying fiber.  And then we can process.
And spin.  And weave a napkin or runner.

We’ll actually start processing while our plants are still growing (using stored plants from another year).  Which will give time to learn to spin and weave, if these skills are new to you.

This project is limited to four participants (as much for scheduling realities as for teaching attention).  $275 for the series, including all materials.  To register call the farm or visit our website.

Winterberry Farm is a small family teaching farm. We raise a lot of our own food and we offer very small programs for families, for kids and for adults; we provide a place where people of different faiths—and people seeking faith—can reflect upon and share their call to care for the earth.