The Flaxseed Blog

The origins and history of linseed and flax

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

Culpeper’s Herbal: FLAX

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

New Zealand Flax

Phormium tennax:  New Zealand Flax  New Zealand flax is completely unrelated to common flax or linseed [...]

Linseed: flax and its other names

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

Remove foreign substance from the eye

How to get something out of your eye Using linseed to get grit and other particles out of [...]

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Linnet

Linnet: the linseed bird Whilst looking through my Complete Book of British Birds, I was [...]

Liquorice and linseed cough medicine recipes

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

Gold or bronze, yellow or brown?

Q: What is the difference between gold and bronze linseed (flaxseed)? A:The original  variety of [...]

“Phytoestrogens in Flaxseed may HALT Breast Cancer & other forms”

“Phytoestrogens in Flaxseed may HALT Breast Cancer & other forms” Today the Daily Alternative sent [...]

Old Fashioned flax harvesting

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

Harvesting Linseed and Flax

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

Recipes for coconut & linseed oil vegan butter

Veggie, vegan, healthy, delicious butter Recipe for coconut & linseed butter: the two healthiest cold-pressed extra virgin [...]