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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...
The Summer Solstice
Today is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day and shortest night of the year, usually fa...
Tradition Restarted: Sowing Flax 2021
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. ...
The Wee Blue Blossom
The beautiful flowers that appear for 12 hours on the flax plants are affectionately known here as the "wee blue blos...
World Poetry Day
March 21st was adopted as World Poetry Day by Unesco in 1999 to celebrate the enduring power of poetry to inspire a...
Northern Ireland Science Festival 2021
We were delighted to be part of the brilliant Northern Ireland Science Festival this year. In a three part documentar...
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...
Bronze Patination
A material of war and art, bronze has been used for thousands of years to depict life, spirit and worship. Patination...
Tradition Restarted: The Reintroduction of Flax to Mallon Farm
All the flax grown at the Mallon farm in Northern Ireland has been harvested by hand, picked and processed using trad...
Birds in Celtic Mythology
Fiacc is Irish for raven and our limited edition Mallon bronze sculptures were inspired by the raven in the tragic Ir...