This blog is designed to share our experiences as our family works to transition our 800 acre farm from a conventional chemical-using farm to a sustainable organic farm. We are located near Corvallis, Oregon, in the heart of the Willamette Valley. -Clinton Lindsey
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Flax in bloom
The flax has begun to fully bloom. It looks beautiful with all the flowers open. The field in the photos has been hand-weeded. The seed we got from California had some mustard in it. We paid a guy to clean up the field. Broadleaf weeds don't seem to like flax fields very much. All of our flax fields are pretty clean, except for the mustard, and one field which has wild radish come up every year.
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Man, Clint and Mike, that Flax looks beautiful! It is transitional Organic....correct?
ReplyDeleteShawn Cade's flax was just beginning to sprout last Monday.
Keep up the good work!
James Henderson
Yes, that is transitional. The flax has been doing so well we will probably end up planting more acres next year.
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