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Northern_Lad

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 9:13 am Post subject: Desperation is the mother of invention.
Useful things to do with wool. BBC

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 10:19 am Post subject:
excellent I've used the grubby and matted bits of fleece to mulch roses in the past- works very well and they seem to enjoy it

Gervase

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 11:42 am Post subject:
Thermafleece is wonderful stuff. The trouble is that it costs a bloody fortune, particularly when you think of what the producers get for the raw fleece. Hopefuly, however, the price may drop if it becomes more popular.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 11:44 am Post subject:

Gervase wrote:

Thermafleece is wonderful stuff. The trouble is that it costs a bloody fortune, particularly when you think of what the producers get for the raw fleece. Hopefuly, however, the price may drop if it becomes more popular.

Can't you just cuddle a few sheep?

wellington womble

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:12 pm Post subject:
We're using warmcell, which is recylced newspaper, I think.

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:18 pm Post subject:
Got any links?

Lozzie

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:25 pm Post subject:
What, for cuddling sheep? Surely you have them all bookmarked?

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:30 pm Post subject:

Lozzie wrote:

What, for cuddling sheep? Surely you have them all bookmarked?

What are you implying? That I can't remember web-addresses?

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:32 pm Post subject:
Would it be cruel to keep sheep in the loft?

Gervase

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:32 pm Post subject:
Here's the Thermafleece site: https://www.secondnatureuk.com/info.htm And I'm certainly not directing you towards grubby ewe-snogging sites - you can find those yourself!

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:52 pm Post subject:
on a slightly smaller scale i often line my hanging baskets with fleece or at least put some in the bottom of the basket to retain water the fleece rots away over the summer and is good for the plants works a treat actually

hedgewitch

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 12:59 pm Post subject:

Nanny wrote:

on a slightly smaller scale

i often line my hanging baskets with fleece or at least put some in the bottom of the basket to retain water

the fleece rots away over the summer and is good for the plants

works a treat actually

That's a great tip. I have a vague urge to "do" hanging baskets, but talk myself out of actually acting on the urge because of problems with the lining stuff (told you it was only a vague urge

)

Nanny

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 1:05 pm Post subject:

hedgewitch wrote:

Nanny wrote:

That's a great tip. I have a vague urge to "do" hanging baskets, but talk myself out of actually acting on the urge because of problems with the lining stuff (told you it was only a vague urge

)

i use them mostly now for tumbling tomatoes but have grown all kinds of things in them..........the only problem is that they have to be watered every day but for tumbler tomatoes they are ideal....

i just stuff a handful of fleece in, shape it round the inside of the basket and put in the compost

it doesn't fall through or anything

i have also used old woolen jumpers and had multi coloured basket linings

hedgewitch

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 1:50 pm Post subject:
I really will have a go next summer. I grew tumbling toms in window boxes a few years ago. They did really well as the boxes are outside the upstairs windows and they got a lot of sun. Only problem was when they started to fall off and hit the car

dpack

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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 06 8:56 pm Post subject:
pasture round here gets wool waste traditionally composts ok n rich

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