Pete's Walks - Flax

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Photo taken on 30/06/23 near Chartridge, Bucks.

This is sometimes grown as I crop, so I occasionally see it on my walks. It is grown both for its fibre, from which linen yarn is made, and for Linseed Oil which is derived from its seeds. Blue fields of flax are an unusual and charming sight.