Wool for drainage.

[Ts 59]

Just got paid for last years wool clip, it didn't cover the time and diesel to haul to collection center. Currently got a bit of drainage needed doing, so wondering if it would be an idea to put fleeces either straight on top of pipe, or over a thin layer of gravel? Only concern might be clogging with iron oxide. What's people's thoughts?

 

[spin cycle]

sounds like an idea ......would it clog pipe as it rotted though.....how about pipe...gravel...then wool instead of terracam?

 

[Chris steele]

Just got paid for last years wool clip, it didn't cover the time and diesel to haul to collection center. Currently got a bit of drainage needed doing, so wondering if it would be an idea to put fleeces either straight on top of pipe, or over a thin layer of gravel? Only concern might be clogging with iron oxide. What's people's thoughts?

I'm attempting this with dags - but we're going to cover the hard-core under and around then finally cover with decorative. Not sure what will happen!

 

[Kevtherev]

Put it in your loft?

 

[soapsud]

Just got paid for last years wool clip, it didn't cover the time and diesel to haul to collection center. Currently got a bit of drainage needed doing, so wondering if it would be an idea to put fleeces either straight on top of pipe, or over a thin layer of gravel? Only concern might be clogging with iron oxide. What's people's thoughts?

Anything to report?

Years ago I heard someone from the SE talk about replacing ancient wooden walkways over march land and boggy areas. What was interesting was underneath the rotten boards was fleece laid down - still recognisable. He estimated it to be decades old and explained why it was used.

 

[Dry Rot]

Anything to report?

Years ago I heard someone from the SE talk about replacing ancient wooden walkways over march land and boggy areas. What was interesting was underneath the rotten boards was fleece laid down - still recognisable. He estimated it to be decades old and explained why it was used.

I think that was an established method of making roads across bogs. The fleece with last for ages when submerged as microbes that cause decomposition don't survive under water. But it will be relatively dry next to a working drain, that's what attracts the tree roots. So not sure what will happen?

 

[DrWazzock]

Didn’t they build Canterbury Cathedral on wool foundations, literally. They chucked wool into the bottom of the foundations to stabilise them.

 

[primmiemoo]

Can always use wool as lining for raised beds for growing. It's a carbon sink, which will give back its NPK components as fertiliser. It'll heat up, too, to extend the season.

 

[Hilly]

Put it in your loft?

I know a man who did that , the tennant kept warm twice , first time insulated second time removing it and all thr blue bottles

 

[DrWazzock]

Would it be OK as a mulch around newly planted trees?

 

[serf]

Didn’t they build Canterbury Cathedral on wool foundations, literally. They chucked wool into the bottom of the foundations to stabilise them.

I knew the Cotswolds were built on wool but I didn't know they meant literally...

 

[Hilly]

I knew the Cotswolds were built on wool but I didn't know they meant literally...

They say a certainbridge near me is built on wool as well …. I have heard of it before ..

 

[Hilly]

Question is right this back end ……. How many accounts are tou all going to run ? 54321 or more

 

[Hilly]

MULEY 21 !

 

[Hilly]

Livestock 1 … 1

 

[Hilly]

Hauliers will be ordering new ploughman’s now !
the zolvix will get stuck inthe suez canal …. O oh ….

 

[Hilly]

Oh muleys in the mart carpark … must have been on twatter !

 

[soapsud]

Would it be OK as a mulch around newly planted trees?

It's better than fresh wood chip which leach nutrients/moisture up. Some vineyards use fleece for weed suppression and moisture retention.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Didn’t they build Canterbury Cathedral on wool foundations, literally. They chucked wool into the bottom of the foundations to stabilise them.

I remember that woolpacks were hung from the spire of Bradford Cathedral to protect it during the English Civil War.

 

[primmiemoo]

Would it be OK as a mulch around newly planted trees?

Definitely. My monkey puzzle* has an annual mulch, too.





*no, it's a species of tree, m'lud.