Nice video - I love your enthusiasm! As a fellow dairy sheep owner and gardener, I started to use wool in the garden last year. I'm in North Texas and have struggled with fire ants in my raised beds for years. Last year I emptied out the soil from most of the beds and put down a layer of wool, and that has mostly deterred them. Also, I tuck wool around the edges to discourage rodents ( we're rural and rodents are plentiful), and that helped as well. This year, I put in a large strawberry bed, and I'm going to use wool around those plants.
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Wow, congrats on finding a fire ant deterrent! We used to live in North Texas too and the fire ants were such a pain (literally!) and we never found a way to garden or plant trees without wearing gloves and checking for ants every minute. I love that you'll be using wool around your strawberries too - and happy to meet another dairy sheep owner and gardener :)
@niamh5289
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant 👌🏼 our biggest problem is the ant 🐜
@Borne2rule
Жыл бұрын
We recently got our sheep sheared and I kept thinking i can do something with this instead of throwing it away. Its been sitting there for a while and it dawned on me to see if i can compost it. Im 23 and absolutely love making my own compost and growing my own produce with some help of all my animals. Very informative video, thank you
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Happy it was helpful!
@TheOldMayfieldPlace
Жыл бұрын
Interesting use of wool. I never heard of using it in potting soil. What a great way to use the resources you have!
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much - yes it's fun to find new uses for things that we have on hand already :)
@hobbes9433
8 ай бұрын
X amount of years ago (before I was born) my grandpa kept sheep to cut the grass in our garden basically. I don't know how much he got for the wool but it must've been worth it since he started keeping more sheep than just the ones we needed. I remember our storage space being filled with bags of wool. These days the guy that sheers our sheep takes the white wool as a service, but if we want him to take our coloured wool we would have to pay extra. After this video I certainly inted to start using our wool instead of having to throw it away!
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
7 ай бұрын
Yay so glad this gave you some ideas. And I love that you shared how your grandpa kept sheep to cut the grass, too!
@FulbrightFarmstead
6 ай бұрын
I love it! We just got sheared our sheep last weekend and I am looking forward to using it in the garden. When adding the clippings to your compost for seed starter, do you have a ratio of wool to compost?
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
6 ай бұрын
About 1/4 or 1/3 of wool to compost works well for us :)
@JoyoftheGardenandHome
Жыл бұрын
No sheep but I might have an alpaca connection😁
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Yay alpaca is awesome for sure too!
@spinderellas6272
Жыл бұрын
But alpaca doesn't have the nutrients wool does. Never had alpaca repel slugs.
@JoyoftheGardenandHome
Жыл бұрын
@@spinderellas6272 interesting
@socialmotivator6299
Жыл бұрын
Good
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@amanda69
7 ай бұрын
I'm going to ask around to see if I can find some. I bought the wool pellets but they cost a lot 😢
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
7 ай бұрын
Yes, you might be able to find wool for free from farmers, if they don't have a facility to turn it into yarn or pellets :)
@sondrarobinson1257
11 ай бұрын
At the Lambtown Festival, one of many of the fiber festivals dedicated to all of us who process wool and other fibers. Lol! I got a bunch of meat sheep wool which has great loft but not really something I’d want to wear. Looking at ways of using it in my garden to increase moisture retention and slow release. Thanks for the video!
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
10 ай бұрын
Awesome, glad it was helpful!
@lollirosee
10 ай бұрын
I came here after Lambtown as well! I am going to try spinning some and see how it goes as I spun some Dorset in the past and it wasn't terribly rough.
@AlpacaRenee
5 ай бұрын
There’s lots of products to use wool that is not ‘next to skin’ soft. Every fleece has a purpose!
@chrisandruththompson6613
Жыл бұрын
Will dog fur clippings work?
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
I've read that poodle fur works just like wool in the garden, it has very similar water retention properties. I haven't heard much about other types of dog fur, but it's totally worth a shot! At the very least, you'll be mulching with something that will eventually decompose and add to the soil :)
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