Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

it's been two years since the legendary Mr. Bumble died. I miss the little guy.

 

[Skyeknight]

And wool used to be what Fortune was built from. All this inexpensive synthetic clothes put an end to that.

With the current prices it's seem absolutely baffling that merino's exist and were bred for wool production. Although I do think New Zealand and Australia might still have them for that purpose.

It's sad that we bred sheep so they need to be sheared minimum of once year and for a whole load of nothing these days.

 

[Molpet]

With the current prices it's seem absolutely baffling that merino's exist and were bred for wool production. Although I do think New Zealand and Australia might still have them for that purpose.

It's sad that we bred sheep so they need to be sheared minimum of once year and for a whole load of nothing these days.

There's still some clothes made from wool. I have bought socks recently and underwear this year. Last century a sweater and watch cap from Ireland . Used to have other things that wore out

 

[RoyalChick]

here someone has managed to get Fortnum & Mason (no less) using a beautiful unspun but soft and clean wool as the insulation for their fresh food parcels. Given F&M's prices (£1000 for a picnic anyone?), I hope the enterprising wool producers involved are well paid for their sustainable product

"Fresh food is packed with woolcool bags and ice packs that ensure temperature control." https://support.fortnumandmason.com...98-What-packaging-will-my-order-be-shipped-in
for e.g.
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/hampers/all-hampers/food-hampers?type=Fresh Picnic

There is also a move towards wool mattresses, pillows and bedding. I bought a wool mattress and am now on every mailing list imaginable for wool bedding. Most of it is UK based I think.
I do love my wool mattress and I traded out my duvet for a wool one rather than feathers and I love that too.

 

[BDutch]

I had read about wool pellets as fertilizer years ago. I couldn't find any then and I am glad they are using it now. I would think feathers would be good also.

Plants grown and sold locally should have the same bugs as my garden. But imported may bring new bugs than cause problems.

I thought the article was about bugs entering the UK. And I guess they are the same in the UK as in the Netherlands.

I supposed they import flowers/ flower bouquets from the Netherlands into the US but not pots with plats for the garden. Or do they?

Wild flowers (digitalis)

 

[SimpleJenn]

Wool is common where I live, mostly spun into yarns for knitting and crochet. You can find clothing that contains wool as well.
I personally like merino, highland, and alpaca wools for my own makes. I want to make a wool blanket one day!

 

[BDutch]

Wool is common where I live, mostly spun into yarns for knitting and crochet. You can find clothing that contains wool as well.
I personally like merino, highland, and alpaca wools for my own makes. I want to make a wool blanket one day!

Most sheep in the Netherlands dont give a good quality wool. They are mainly kept for 2 very different reasons and in very different ways.
1 to graze the heathlands and other nature reserves,
2 for meat (commercial)
The wool is a dirty byproduct that is not used commercially. The cleaning costs are higher than the benefits of selling the wool. Therefore the sheep keepers often dump the wool as garbage.

I know sheep farmers in Austria sell the wool to a factory that makes natural & high quality isolation materials with it. In the Netherlands its too expensive to transport the Dutch wool to Austria. And we dont have a factory here/close by.

 

[Skyeknight]

There have also been so

Wool is common where I live, mostly spun into yarns for knitting and crochet. You can find clothing that contains wool as well.
I personally like merino, highland, and alpaca wools for my own makes. I want to make a wool blanket one day!

I have had aquaintances be interested in the wool, but washing it and spinning is a completely different process of creating your own clothes compared to knitting.

Most sheep in the Netherlands dont give a good quality wool. They are mainly kept for 2 very different reasons and in very different ways.
1 to graze the heathlands and other nature reserves,
2 for meat (commercial)
The wool is a dirty byproduct that is not used commercially. The cleaning costs are higher than the benefits of selling the wool. Therefore the sheep keepers often dump the wool as garbage.

I know sheep farmers in Austria sell the wool to a factory that makes natural & high quality isolation materials with it. In the Netherlands its too expensive to transport the Dutch wool to Austria. And we dont have a factory here/close by.

This is very true, The wool is simply not as good as a merino's. I have heard quite a lot of stories about using wool as isolation in the Netherlands as well. The problem lies also in that moths will eat the wool, meaning in a certain amount of years your isolation will be gone.

 

[Molpet]

Most sheep in the Netherlands dont give a good quality wool. They are mainly kept for 2 very different reasons and in very different ways.
1 to graze the heathlands and other nature reserves,
2 for meat (commercial)
The wool is a dirty byproduct that is not used commercially. The cleaning costs are higher than the benefits of selling the wool. Therefore the sheep keepers often dump the wool as garbage.

I know sheep farmers in Austria sell the wool to a factory that makes natural & high quality isolation materials with it. In the Netherlands its too expensive to transport the Dutch wool to Austria. And we dont have a factory here/close by.

Looks like they were sending it to China
https://woolallianceforsocialagency.blog/2018/11/16/where-is-most-of-dutch-wool-going/

 

[BDutch]

. I have heard quite a lot of stories about using wool as isolation in the Netherlands as well. The problem lies also in that moths will eat the wool, meaning in a certain amount of years your isolation will be gone.

If the wool is clean /prepared for isolation as it should (like Isolena products), no moths going to eat it.
The big companies that produce the environmentally harmful rock wool and styrofoam, do a lot of marketing to bring the natural isolation fibres down. Lot of bad things that are being told about straw, hemp, flax, and wood fibre isolation are simply not true. And its a fact that the natural fibres are much healthier to work with. If natural fibres scatter on the building site there is no/barely any harm for the environment. And isolation against heat is often much better with natural fibres.