Another win for wool! I wonder if adding wool to sandbags could help people who live in hurricane areas...just a thought....

“Wherever there are peatlands in peril….” Clever! 😂. I hope the experiment goes well!

Thanks, Clara! I've got Fen, Bog & Swamp by Annie Proulx on my shelf to read soon.

Wool helping peat! Yay Wool!

🤣😂 baaaa, great educational short!

Oregon State University's Agronomy Dept have published some great papers on how waste wool is vastly superior to peat as a soil amendment with the added benefit of being a fantastic ultra-slow nitrogen releasing fertilizer. I use not only the waste water from cold scouring (fermented-suint-method) -- a "hot" fertilizer (too highly concentrated fertilizer, needs to be used sparingly -- sprinkled & spread out and applied during seasons where there's occasional rain, to avoid burning plant roots) but also all my waste wool from carding/combing - nepps, mats, second cuts, weak wool with scurf, breaks, etc I use to mix with my soil every time I repot, transplant, start seeds/cuttings, etc. I also use washed animal fiber & animal fiber rag remnants too weak for using as patches or quilt scraps to grow my bean/flax/broccoli sprouts for salads & sandwiches, they're AWESOME!