We love this article written by Dave Allan in The Herald!
SHEEP wool is now used in lots of valuable ways for gardeners: as mulch, as tree and shrub mats, as protective duvets round pots in winter and in water-retaining pellets for containers and hanging baskets.
Yet farmers and crofters are getting so little for wool this year, some are burying it rather than sending it to market. As reported in The Herald earlier this month, crofters in Skye got £5.22 for 215kg of wool, a rate that wouldn’t cover their transport costs. So we gardeners can support farmers by increasing the demand for this invaluable, sustainable resource.
In the year when world leaders will assemble in Scotland for the Climate Change conference, we should show that gardeners are moving from CO2-emitting plastic and other synthetic materials to environmentally-friendly ones.
