The History of Flaxseed

The other sort of Flax growing in Wartime Sussex This is about the sort of [...]

Any artists out there? Linseed’s (flax) Latin name is Linum usitatissimum which means “the most [...]

Prior to industrialisation even small farmers grew flax to produce linen for their own needs [...]

A traditional remedy As long ago as the seventeenth century, herbal and linseed formentations and [...]

Linseed for waterproof fabrics Linseed oil has a long history in making waterproof fabrics often [...]

Linen warp and woollen weft threads Linsey-woolsey (also called linsey and lincey) is a fabric made [...]

The origins of the linseed and flax Linum usitatissimum is just one species of the Linum family. Some [...]

Flax (linseed) remedies from Culpeper’s Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper, 1653 The entry for flax/linseed [...]

Linum usitatissimum Linseed was one of the first plants cultivated by man at least as [...]

Traditional liquorice and linseed cough medicine Linseed as a natural remedy for coughs goes way back [...]

Northern Ireland flax and linen In the last couple of centuries flax was an important [...]

Linseed and flax are grown differently Both linseed and flax, which are simply different varieties [...]