Can Wool Help Your Garden?

Yes!
You've seen wood pellets for stoves and feed pellets for livestock. Prepare for wool pellets for your garden!
Wool in the garden is not a novel idea. We've long known that it makes a fantastic fertilizer and weed barrier. Wool retains moisture, deters snails, and slowly releases nitrogen as it biodegrades. But instead of lumping it around the tops of our plants, which many of us already do, we can now put our wool directly into the soil.
I explain how these are made, the kinds of wool that go into the pellets, and why this is such a game-changer.
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[@jenn976]

Avid gardener here and I *LOVE* this idea!

[@blodwen8965]

Thanks for this video! I just bought a small package of wool pellets from Skagit Woolen Works, a nearby producer, and am really eager to try them in our vegetable garden. I'm hoping they will not only act as a fine fertilizer, but will deter the army of slugs that like to eat almost everything we plant!

[@TheWoolChannel]

Fingers crossed these will do the trick and keep those slugs at bay!

[@gingerbebo1306]

Amazing information. We need more ppl to know this.

[@TheWoolChannel]

Thank you! And YES.

[@deniseengel1451]

Thanks for the information Clara. I saw my first bag of wool pellets last fall at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival.

[@TheWoolChannel]

Oh fantastic!!

[@daylemenges7177]

This is really interesting. It makes me think of my cousins' alpaca farm where they compost the animal waste and sell it as fertilizer. They also take the seconds from shearing and put them in netting bags or wrap it in twine. They call them "birdie balls". You hang them outside. The netting has large holes so birds can pull the fiber out and use it in their nests. The fiber is also used by burrowing animals in their dens to help them stay warm in the winter.

[@TheWoolChannel]

Very smart!

[@allsortsacresfarm]

It's even less than 2% unfortunately. Thanks souch for posting!!

[@kathleenkaar6557]

Thank you for educationg me on this topic!

[@TheWoolChannel]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackieswanson225]

I love this channel !

[@TheWoolChannel]

Thank you Jackie!