Apr 2, 2025 | Articles, Environment, Gardening
For all the bird and pet lovers out there. The Guardian published An interesting article in January this year about bird nests & pesticides. Dog and cat owners are putting out their domestic pets’ fur, which contains chemical flea and tick treatments,...
Apr 8, 2024 | Articles, Environment, News
WOOL SHrED has won an award! Prestige Awards South England Eco Friendly Business of the Year 2023/ 2024. I’m still to this day unaware of who nominated me for this award, but I was invited to apply by the Prestige Awards, which I did. Thinking that it was very...
Sep 1, 2023 | Articles, Environment, News, Wool Industry
In July this year, a second batch of British Hebridean wool arrived at WOOL SHrED HQ. In spring 2023 BBC Countryfile did a feature on the use of Sheep Wool on a Vineyard in North Wales. After the show aired, Wool Shred Website orders that evening started to come in...
May 10, 2023 | Articles, Environment, Gardening, News, Products
Wool, Wine and Countryfile Did you see the Countryfile feature on Sunday 30th April about sheep fleece use in a vineyard in Wales? Farmer Gareth Wyn Jones collaborated with Gwinllan Conwy Vineyard with positive results. They confirmed that sheep wool is excellent...
Apr 26, 2023 | Articles, Environment, Lambing, News
Lambing 2023 at WOOL SHrED It will be remembered for how much rain and mud was about! Paddling in muddy paddocks was a thing! The Weather has featured this last shepherding year. Drought conditions in Summer 2022 impacted on the sheep getting good grass...
Mar 1, 2022 | Articles, Environment, News
Back in May 2020 I wrote this piece for Sussex Green Living. It begins: Fact, wool producers in the UK get paid very little money for wool produced every year. Getting wool from the field to the wool depots is not cost effective. Sheep owners give away the fleeces to...
