environment
The Ballinderry River
The beautiful Ballinderry River, running from the Sperrins through to Lough Neagh, was an important part of the linen...
Handmade Oxford 2022
We are excited to be attending Handmade Oxford, another wonderful event from the Handmade in Britain team at the beau...
Sowing Flax at Mallon Farm
We’re keeping a close eye on the weather these days as we hope to sow our flax soon. We use a traditional tool called...
2021 on Mallon Farm
As we start a new year, we've been reflecting on some of the events of 2021 here on Mallon Farm.
Tradition Restarted: Scutching Flax at Mallon Farm
Scutching is the process of taking off all the other outer parts of the flax plant to leave the long fibres. Back in ...
After the Flax Harvest at Mallon Farm
The flax has changed colour as it dries to a beautiful gold. At this stage we remove the seed heads in a process call...
The Flax Harvest at Mallon Farm
Traditionally, flax is harvested 100 days after being sown. So far that has been our experience here at Mallon Farm, ...
Double Retted Flax on Mallon Farm
A spinner has been testing some of last year’s fibre for us. The tests showed that there were still some pieces of th...
Biodiversity on Mallon Farm
We’re applying to join the “Fair to Nature Scheme” backed by the RSPB and are currently doing an audit of biodiversit...
Tradition Restarted: Sowing Flax
Three acres have now been sown by hand.
Once again this year we used a traditional tool for broadcasting seeds ...
River Friendly Retting at Mallon Farm
Retting was the one part of the process that we knew we needed to change if we wanted to restart linen growing here. ...
Tradition Restarted: The Process of Growing Flax at Mallon Farm
Charlie Mallon has reintroduced flax to his farm in County Tyrone. He is committed to growing and processing flax usi...