Dense Planting of Flax Seeds For A Greens Yield Moisture Retension Layer And Ant Foraging Offset

To fill in empty space in this galvanized container gardens, I'm densely sewing flax seeds. I was watering the other seedlings early in the day and noticed a lone flax plant seedling. I immediately thought to myself, I just got 100lbs of flax seeds delivered as part of my stable food supply. For some reason I didn't do as I normally would which would be to immediately plant some of any viable seeds from fresh food supplies. Luckily that single flax plant reminded me, oh yeah I just got more flax than I've ever had in my life, I should be planting a least a hand full before it's too late in the season to reliably get anything else established before the summer heat. So I got about a cup worth of seeds and distributed them across 4 of these galvanized container garden cans. They're already coming up and filling the empty space in the cans. I'm also excited to monitor the effect of their moisture retaining chemical properties. They have a way to preserve water around their shell and I'm hoping that this is beneficial to the other seedlings who are started to get hit with wind and heat of the changing seasons.

For years I've grown a small amount of flax, they grow straight up in a spear like manner so they take up little space. I'll eat them like greens or let them go to seed and re-establish themselves. Now that I have so many to work with, if they do well out here, I'll likely grow them ore intensively and attempt to get to the point where I'm providing my own permanent supply.