Raw wool makes excellent mulch and slow release fertiliser - especially when you need to add plenty of nitrogen to your soil or growing medium. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it. Plus, because it's a fully natural product it's readily biodegradable and completely compostable, so it'll biodegrade down over the period of approximately a year.
This wool was sourced during Operation Wool. We pay above market prices and source it directly from the farmers, but we've ended up with a surplus. Some farmers have brought other wools this year. It's primarily for going on the garden but some of it might be good for spinning.
Choose which wool you want in the drop down menu. It's mostly Herdwick, but we've also got some white wool and dark wool.
The white wool is either Hill Cheviots, Kerry Hill, mule or Texel cross.
The dark wool is mostly Zwarbtle or Black Texel, Herdwick crossed with Kerry Hill, or Herdwick crossed with Zwarbtle.
Each bag contains 10 kg of raw sheep wool. Please note - this wool is in its natural state, just off the sheep meaning it isn't moth-proofed or suitable for use in building projects or similar. Some customers buy it for greasy spinning wool but please note that we can't guarantee it will all be good for spinning.
What is natural sheep wool good for?
Well, all kinds really. In its natural state, just shorn from the sheep, wool is full of all kinds of great things, including lanolin, plant matter and sheep poo! These little extras are just fantastic for mulching applications in the garden. The wool (and little extras) readily composts down nutrients into the soil, it's nitrogen dense meaning it'll give plants with high energy requirements the boost they need to grow big and strong.
Not only this, because wool is naturally fibrous, and coated in lanolin, it's an amazing pest deterrent. The texture naturally deters slugs, snails and other slimy pests because they simply hate sliding over it - and the natural sheepy state of raw wool deters deer too!
How to use sheep wool in the garden
It comes in distinct fleeces off each sheep. A typical Herdwick fleece weighs around 1kg so there are up to 10 fleeces in each bag. These may need a little tugging or teasing apart to lay on the soil, but then you can simply lay it on the ground around your plants as densely as you need to.
Sheep wool also makes amazing mulch, it readily biodegrades, it's completely compostable and it adds a lot of nutrients to soil when it's left to break down over a period of time. It also helps insulate plant roots against frost, and retain moisture.
If you want a more refined wool product to work with, then try our popular sheep wool garden felt which has a wide range of applications.
Then there's the Dalefoot sheep wool compost. Made from sheep wool and bracken, is a high quality peat free compost. Full of nutrients and extra high in nitrates sheep wool compost really does give your plants a boost - and makes fantastic use of wonderful wool!
Raw wool makes excellent mulch and slow release fertiliser - especially when you need to add plenty of nitrogen to your soil or growing medium. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it. Plus, because it's a fully natural product it's readily biodegradable and completely compostable, so it'll biodegrade down over the period of approximately a year.
This wool was sourced during Operation Wool. We pay above market prices and source it directly from the farmers, but we've ended up with a surplus. Some farmers have brought other wools this year. It's primarily for going on the garden but some of it might be good for spinning.
Choose which wool you want in the drop down menu. It's mostly Herdwick, but we've also got some white wool and dark wool.
The white wool is either Hill Cheviots, Kerry Hill, mule or Texel cross.
The dark wool is mostly Zwarbtle or Black Texel, Herdwick crossed with Kerry Hill, or Herdwick crossed with Zwarbtle.
Each bag contains 10 kg of raw sheep wool. Please note - this wool is in its natural state, just off the sheep meaning it isn't moth-proofed or suitable for use in building projects or similar. Some customers buy it for greasy spinning wool but please note that we can't guarantee it will all be good for spinning.
What is natural sheep wool good for?
Well, all kinds really. In its natural state, just shorn from the sheep, wool is full of all kinds of great things, including lanolin, plant matter and sheep poo! These little extras are just fantastic for mulching applications in the garden. The wool (and little extras) readily composts down nutrients into the soil, it's nitrogen dense meaning it'll give plants with high energy requirements the boost they need to grow big and strong.
Not only this, because wool is naturally fibrous, and coated in lanolin, it's an amazing pest deterrent. The texture naturally deters slugs, snails and other slimy pests because they simply hate sliding over it - and the natural sheepy state of raw wool deters deer too!
How to use sheep wool in the garden
It comes in distinct fleeces off each sheep. A typical Herdwick fleece weighs around 1kg so there are up to 10 fleeces in each bag. These may need a little tugging or teasing apart to lay on the soil, but then you can simply lay it on the ground around your plants as densely as you need to.
Sheep wool also makes amazing mulch, it readily biodegrades, it's completely compostable and it adds a lot of nutrients to soil when it's left to break down over a period of time. It also helps insulate plant roots against frost, and retain moisture.
If you want a more refined wool product to work with, then try our popular sheep wool garden felt which has a wide range of applications.
Then there's the Dalefoot sheep wool compost. Made from sheep wool and bracken, is a high quality peat free compost. Full of nutrients and extra high in nitrates sheep wool compost really does give your plants a boost - and makes fantastic use of wonderful wool!
Raw Sheep Wool 10kg
16 reviews
Made in the UK
UK Wool
Supports & protects wildlife
Plastic-free
Compostable
Raw wool is a cost effective way of using sheep wool to mulch the garden. It has excellent water retention properties, it supresses weeds and it biodgrades down to release valuable nutrients into the soil.
Each large bag contains 10kg of greasy wool - that's a lot of wool!
£30.00
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A Chimney Sheep® draught excluder is a brilliant tool for any property with an open chimney. But don’t just take our word for it...
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Eco Friendly Weed Control
I bought this as I wanted a non-plastic weed suppressant to use under stones and bark and this is ideal as it can be bought by the metre rather than having to buy far more than I need (though it does make it more expensive per metre). It is easy to use and I'm really pleased that it is a natural material with no plastic. I'm wondering how long it will last before it needs replacing, but for now, I'm really pleased with my purchase.
I ordered two of the 10kg...in error! There's a massive amount of wool in each bag and, to my mind, it's quite clean. It's very thick and has a high amount of lanolin in it, a good sign.
I placed it around my runner beans and French climbing beans. The wool provides support when it's windy. Round the tomatoes, the courgettes and...the potatoes. They thrive on it.
Important: the will deters slugs etc, but my advice is that it's essential to keep the wool moist. Not sodden, as the wool is superb at preventing the soil drying out.
Well worth it.
Delivery box was a bit battered on arrival so feared for the pots, but the sheep's wool had kept them safe. Brilliant non plastic option to keep seedlings watered without wasting water and the wool works to keep slugs at bay.
Bought these as the fluffy inside lining of my slippers had worn down to the rubber! I hate waste and didn’t want to throw them away as they were in otherwise good condition, so I bought these and popped them in and now I have warm and comfy insides to my slippers again - Hurrah!! Slipper life extended and waste reduced. Very glad to have found this company 😊.
We have an open fire that is only used a few times a year but don't want to decommission it.
When not in use there is a noticeable draft that comes down the chimney this includes the smell from our neighbours log burner when the wind blows the wrong way.
Enter stage left the Chimney Sheep. I measured up the chimney aperture and placed my order. Despite Royal Mails best efforts it arrived well packed and in good order.
It's a neat product and having attached the handle shoved it up the chimney. Perfect fit. Can't be that easy surely? Yep.
There is a fob that attaches to the handle that dangles down from the chimney so that you are reminded that the Chimney Sheep is in situ before lighting a fire.
I can't comment on the draught excluding properties yet as the weather has been glorious since I got it, but I see no reason it won't be effective. I no longer have to listen to the pigeons serenading each other though.
My first purchase of three ply…I will buy more….this is good stuff….does the job….soft enough…AND made in uk from uk waste paper…this is important if you are thinking green….no point buying recycled paper which has been round the world and back. We have loads of waste paper to use in the uk and loads of uk bottoms to wipe 😂
Amazing felt, thick and really good quality. Worked amazing by for my art project. I love both the colour and the texture! Excellent delivery and costumer service.
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