http://becomingsara.com/2009/06/dung-tag-mulch/ Be yourself; everyone else is taken. (Oscar Wilde) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://becomingsara.com/2009/06/dung-tag-mulch/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Sara Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:18:52 +0000 http://becomingsara.com/?p=241#comment-47 I can't imagine trying to wash & spin this part. It's pretty yucky. In fact, fancy fleece sheep wear little coats, to keep out yucky stuff & keep the wool from being "sunburned." It sure looks like it will work. We'll see as the season goes on. But although it's new to me, I've heard of fleeces being used this way on other organic farms. Evidently sheep manure is high in nitrogen, but also higher than most manure in phosphorus as well. We're doing this on some plants, newspapers on others, and straw on still others, so we're hitting all the bases. Will report back... I can’t imagine trying to wash & spin this part. It’s pretty yucky. In fact, fancy fleece sheep wear little coats, to keep out yucky stuff & keep the wool from being “sunburned.”
It sure looks like it will work. We’ll see as the season goes on. But although it’s new to me, I’ve heard of fleeces being used this way on other organic farms. Evidently sheep manure is high in nitrogen, but also higher than most manure in phosphorus as well.
We’re doing this on some plants, newspapers on others, and straw on still others, so we’re hitting all the bases. Will report back…

]]> http://becomingsara.com/2009/06/dung-tag-mulch/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Brad Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:58:53 +0000 http://becomingsara.com/?p=241#comment-46 Who knew? Wonder if our subsistence-farming ancestors discarded that part of the wool. I'll bet there were some earthy, organic sweaters or socks about! Will this really hold back weeds as well as the old newspaper-under-bark mulch approach? Who knew? Wonder if our subsistence-farming ancestors discarded that part of the wool. I’ll bet there were some earthy, organic sweaters or socks about! Will this really hold back weeds as well as the old newspaper-under-bark mulch approach?

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