Now, here's some proper wool! Straight off the sheep, unwashed just as you'd see it in the fields. Still coated in lanolin, little pieces of vegetable matter, and general sheepy muckiness! Raw wool makes the BEST mulch and fertiliser - especially when you need to add plenty of nitrogen to your soil or growth medium. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it for numerous reasons. Plus because it's a fully natural product it's readily biodegradable and completely compostable, so it'll mulch 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. It's a little damp though, it's been a difficult season.
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.
What is natural sheep wool good for?
Well, all kinds really. In it's 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 (so it's great capillary matting or growth medium). It can also be manipulated into something a little less raw, and a bit more structured like our garden felt, which can simply be cut to size and lain in the area you wish to mulch. Or felted lightly like our garden fleece - the perfect frost protection.
Then there's sheep wool compost. Made from 100% sheep wool and entirely peat-free this stuff is just an amazing growth medium for high energy plants, seedlings and the like. 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!
Now, here's some proper wool! Straight off the sheep, unwashed just as you'd see it in the fields. Still coated in lanolin, little pieces of vegetable matter, and general sheepy muckiness! Raw wool makes the BEST mulch and fertiliser - especially when you need to add plenty of nitrogen to your soil or growth medium. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it for numerous reasons. Plus because it's a fully natural product it's readily biodegradable and completely compostable, so it'll mulch 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. It's a little damp though, it's been a difficult season.
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.
What is natural sheep wool good for?
Well, all kinds really. In it's 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 (so it's great capillary matting or growth medium). It can also be manipulated into something a little less raw, and a bit more structured like our garden felt, which can simply be cut to size and lain in the area you wish to mulch. Or felted lightly like our garden fleece - the perfect frost protection.
Then there's sheep wool compost. Made from 100% sheep wool and entirely peat-free this stuff is just an amazing growth medium for high energy plants, seedlings and the like. 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
9 reviews
£30.00
In Stock
Select Variant: Herdwick
Made in the UK
UK Wool
Supports & protects wildlife
Plastic-free
Compostable
Now this is real wool! Straight from the sheep, unwashed, just as it was worn in the fields. Still coated in lanolin, natural extras from the field and even a little sheep poo, this wool is very sheepy indeed. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it. Plus it readily composts releasing tonnes of nitrogen and other nutrients.
We sourced this wool during Operation Wool. We purchase the wool directly from farmers, but last year we ended up with a surplus so this lot is ideal for using in the garden. We can't say no to wool that will end up being burned so we've also got white wool and mixed / black wool - choose your preference in the drop-down menu.
Each large bag contains 10kg of greasy wool.
Product description & details
Now, here's some proper wool! Straight off the sheep, unwashed just as you'd see it in the fields. Still coated in lanolin, little pieces of vegetable matter, and general sheepy muckiness! Raw wool makes the BEST mulch and fertiliser - especially when you need to add plenty of nitrogen to your soil or growth medium. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it for numerous reasons. Plus because it's a fully natural product it's readily biodegradable and completely compostable, so it'll mulch 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. It's a little damp though, it's been a difficult season.
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.
What is natural sheep wool good for?
Well, all kinds really. In it's 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 (so it's great capillary matting or growth medium). It can also be manipulated into something a little less raw, and a bit more structured like our garden felt, which can simply be cut to size and lain in the area you wish to mulch. Or felted lightly like our garden fleece - the perfect frost protection.
Then there's sheep wool compost. Made from 100% sheep wool and entirely peat-free this stuff is just an amazing growth medium for high energy plants, seedlings and the like. 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!
Now, here's some proper wool! Straight off the sheep, unwashed just as you'd see it in the fields. Still coated in lanolin, little pieces of vegetable matter, and general sheepy muckiness! Raw wool makes the BEST mulch and fertiliser - especially when you need to add plenty of nitrogen to your soil or growth medium. It's a natural pest deterrent - deer, slugs and snails hate it for numerous reasons. Plus because it's a fully natural product it's readily biodegradable and completely compostable, so it'll mulch 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. It's a little damp though, it's been a difficult season.
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.
What is natural sheep wool good for?
Well, all kinds really. In it's 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 (so it's great capillary matting or growth medium). It can also be manipulated into something a little less raw, and a bit more structured like our garden felt, which can simply be cut to size and lain in the area you wish to mulch. Or felted lightly like our garden fleece - the perfect frost protection.
Then there's sheep wool compost. Made from 100% sheep wool and entirely peat-free this stuff is just an amazing growth medium for high energy plants, seedlings and the like. 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!
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We set up BLPT in 2019 as a ‘boots on the ground’ tree planting initiative. The company is run by us and the tree planting is done by us. We do it to help you and us to reduce our impact on the planet. The trees we plant reduce CO2 output as well as contribute to the reduction of flooding and the creation of habitats for wildlife.
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First time using as a mulch to keep the slugs off 🤞
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Martin Cobley
Raw sheeps wool
Order arrived very promptly, I haven’t unpacked as yet and will be using for slug protection next year so hoping it does the trick
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John Robertson
Raw sheep wool
Am using it as frost protection for a rice paper plant, easy to pack round and didnt smell that much.
Rest ill use around groups of seedlings in poly tunnel and around raised beds to keep slugs off. So far so good.
J
Jacquie Rhoads
Raw Herdwick Sheep wool
Been using it around the garden to supress weeds and fertilise the soil.
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Helen Penny
Happy customer.
Delivered promptly. Good amount of wool in the bag and the plants seem to have already benefitted from having a wooly blanket for the winter!
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