Wool (yes, the fiber grown by sheep) has been seeing increased use in gardens due to the numerous soil and plant benefits. This renewable, natural fiber can be used as mulch right off sheep or ...

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One of my friends knows a woman in Wales who has a hobby of working with wool and colouring it with natural, botanical dyes. She uses her tag ends of wool in her large, walled garden, digging the wool ...

Sheep at Taproot Farms in Nova Scotia. Wool from these sheep will go into making wool pellets at the Taproot Fibre Lab's facility nearby. (Rob Short/CBC - image credit) In a former juice processing ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Home gardeners have a lot of tricks up their sleeves when it comes to fertilizers and soil amendments. Coffee grounds, egg shells, sawdust, ...

When Leanna Maksymiuk started keeping sheep at Lone Sequoia Ranch, her business in British Columbia, she did it with a direct interest in fiber art. Today, she has a flock of 25 sheep, mostly ...

Pellets are being produced in Nova Scotia, P.E.I. In a former juice processing plant in Port Williams, a cluster of machines whir and hum as they process piles of wool. For now, the wool processed in ...

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In a former juice processing plant in Port Williams, a cluster of machines whir and hum as they process piles of wool. For now, the wool processed in this cavernous facility — home of Taproot Fibre ...