Woollets employs the finest U.S. wool to elevate your soil
to the next level.
Houseplants
Looking for a way to keep your houseplants healthy? Use Woollets to reduce watering needs, feed plants and sustain good soil health.
Backyard gardens
Growing food for your family can sometimes be tough. Make it just a bit easier by adding Woollets to your vegetable transplants. This will reduce transplant shock and give a great boost of nitrogen when little seedlings need it most.
Farms and Growers
Farmers and growers alike, by adding Woollets to their farming practices reduce slug and snail damage to cruciferous crops, feed natural organic micro and macro nutrients for an earlier and more plentiful crop.
COMING SOON ON WISCONSIN PBS!
What if the secret to healthier plants and a greener planet…
was WOOL?
Join PBS for a fascinating look at Woollets — an innovative, all-natural gardening solution made from wool! Discover how this sustainable product helps your plants thrive while reducing waste and protecting the environment.
Eco-friendly. Sustainable. Effective. 100% wool.
Because your garden deserves the best — and so does the planet.
Mark your calendar. Tune in to Wisconsin PBS August 21, 9 PM! Tell your gardening friends to tune in as well!
Wholesale Inquiries
Are you interested in purchasing Woollets, for your retail store?
Contact us. we’ll give you a password for ordering.
We also sell in bulk to growers, orchards, and nurseries. We will work with you to get Woollets into your growing operation. Supersacs hold 1000 lbs of Woollets. Contact us to see what Woollets can do for you!
Woollets ™ are an exciting new product for climate conscious gardeners. Woollets ™ are:
All natural, sustainable and renewable
Replace non-sustainable peat in soil mixtures
Replace petroleum based soil additives
Retain moisture, reducing watering needs by 25%
Aeration for the soil to give plant roots room to grow.
Biodegradable completely in 6-12 months
Average 9-0-2, with additional micronutrients
A Slug repellent when applied on top of the soil
Sourced humanely from US shepherds
How to use Woollets:
Today’s gardeners are looking for ways to produce beautiful plants and healthy food while reducing their carbon footprint. Woollets ™ are the answer!
Wool pellets are an amazing all-natural soil amendment and slow-release fertilizer meant to replace peat moss and petroleum-based hydrogels in your soil mix.
Woollets wool pellets are made from 100% renewable wool. Woollets hold 30X their weight in water, slowly releasing it into your soil along with naturally occurring fertilizers and micronutrients. They break down over the course of a year aerating your soil as they decompose and become one with the earth.
Use 1 c. Woollets with 1 gallon of soil. Use 1 Tbs for an 6-8” pot for houseplants. Pellets and Shreds can be added when planting outdoor vegetable and flower gardens. Mulching fleece can be added on top.
Why use Woollets? Click below to find out.
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Wool pellets hold up to 30 x their weight in water and prevent overwatering as wool wicks away and holds excess water.
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Wool pellets have a fertilizer value of 9-0-2 NPK and in addition contain calcium, magnesium, iron, sulfur and other micronutrients. The high nitrogen content boosts plant growth.
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As the woollets break apart in the soil over time, they leave space for water, nutrients and roots growth, reducing the compaction of the soil.
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Repel slugs and snails by sprinkling a protective ring around sensitive plants. Slugs and snail do not like the barbed fibers in the wool.
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Peat is one of our Earth's largest carbon sinks. It grows 1/16" per year and is unsustainable. Make the switch from peat to wool and do something good for your planet.
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Lanolin, the sticky substance which sheep produce, is an aroma which rabbits and deer do not enjoy. In fact, it repels them.
Where to find Woollets, wool pellets
If you’re local to Southwest Wisconsin you can find Woollets at the following retailers
Top Notch at 211 Hoesly Drive New Glarus, WI 53574
Ederer Dairy Supply at E5663 County Road B, Plain, WI 53577
Ederer's Do It Best & Dairy at 101 Mill St, Blanchardville, WI 53516
Online at Wisconsin Weekly Harvest
Mt. Horeb Do It Best at 501 Main St, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
Buttercup Urban Gardens, 2509 E. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53207
Aspen Ridge 915 Ridge St, Mineral Point, WI 53565
Jung’s Nursery Centers, Madison, WI
FAQ
What are Woollets made of?
Woollets, wool pellets, are made with 100% wool. No fillers, no additives, just raw wool which has been shredded and heat pelletized for ease of use.
Do Woollets, wool pellets, expire?
Woollets are shelf stable for at least five years if kept dry and out of sunlight.
Will Woollets, wool pellets, burn my plants?
Woollets nutrients are naturally occurring in the wool and therefore will not burn plants. Nutrients are slowly released as the material naturally breaks down over the course of six months to a year.
Do Woollets, wool pellets, contain weed seeds?
The raw wool used to make Woollets can contain seeds, but the pelletizing process heats the material to 180 degrees, enough to kill the seeds, making most of them unviable.
Why are some Woollets dark and others light?
The raw wool used to make Woollets comes from many different colored sheep. Some sheep have grey wool, some have black, some have brown and some white/yellow. The pellet color is determined by the color of the sheep’s wool.
Why are some Woollets shiny and smooth while others are fuzzy and bumpier?
The texture of the pellet is determined by a few factors. How long did the pellet remain in the pellet mill? We have discovered that pellets that sit in the die overnight are much harder and shinier than pellets that come out immediately. What was the lanolin content of the wool? The natural lanolin helps the pellets compact better. What was the moisture content when the wool was pelletized? More moisture at the time of pelleting creates the fuzzier look. No matter what your Woollets look like, they will still do the job!
Sustainability in everything we do
…by meeting the needs of the present while protecting the future of the earth and all who are living on this beautiful planet. From purchasing second use 5 gallon buckets to reusing boxes and plastic bags, we are on a mission to do what we can to help the Earth.
Sustainability icon Creator: Tasha Vector | Credit: Getty Images
Bringing the balance of nature and humans is at our core.
Our Packaging
We use packaging from two entities.
Tricor-Braun compostable for our 16 oz, 5#, shreds and fleece (the only non-compostable item is the tin tie).
We also purchase used food grade 5 gallon buckets to store our product in as we prep and stock.
Our Workshop
Karen’s farm has generously given us a corner of their workshop where we pellet. It’s just the two of us working in there and we reuse or repurpose everything we can from plastic bags, scrap wood, to cooling screens from the recycle center in Green County. Any wool we can’t put through our machines goes back to the Earth. Examples of repurposed items in our shop:
Old aluminum racks
Cooling screens
Reused spray bottles to wipe tables down with water to clean
Plastic bags reused to send bulk products
Our Shipping
Fortunately, Elaine works at a school and brings to our workshop many boxes the school would normally recycle. These boxes are then re-used to ship our product out to customers. If you ever receive a box with “Chicken Nuggets” labeled on the side; that’s why! Please reuse the boxes we send you or repurpose/recycle them. The earth thanks us.
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About
Woollets was founded by women who had a vision of a healthier planet. Seeking a way to help the sheep industry with the vast amounts of unused wool as well as trying to find a sustainable alternative to peat, we divert a waste product from landfills, repurposing it to renew soil without microplastics.
Based in Argyle, Wisconsin, Woollets™ sources raw wool from local sheep farms, paying a fair price, then heat pelletizes the wool to create Woollets™ wool pellets for the home and garden.
Karen Mayhew
Karen’s farm
A peaceful, serene farm with the musical sounds of sheep.
Elaine’s place
A beautiful sunrise in the Driftless area of Southwest Wisconsin.
Elaine Becker
Karen Mayhew is a fiber artist, shepherd, and fourth-generation farmer, with a background in large market vegetable farming. She is currently raising a small flock of 40 heritage breed sheep with her husband, along with a varying number of chickens, goats, rabbits, and a cranky guardian llama. In addition to her day job at the USPS, she also manages their farm stay guest rental and rides herd on the family teens. A hand spinner, Karen is always seeking new and creative uses for the mountain of wool her sheep produce.
Elaine Becker is an educator and prairie enthusiast with a degree in Environmental Science. Elaine grew up helping her family grow and preserve garden vegetables and was raised on gardening magazines and edgy ideas like dandelion root coffee. She is excited to share her passion for the environment, sustainability, and to spread the word about the magical properties of Woollets wool pellets. She hopes to see Woollets wool pellets become the go-to for small gardens and large operations alike.
FORMS
Wool preparation guidelines - Please read and follow these instructions if you are sending us custom pelleting and/or wool for sale.
Wisconsin Tax Exempt form S-211 - Fill out this tax form if you are a Wisconsin resident and sell our product to the end user. We must have a copy of this on file if we aren’t charging you sales tax.
Minnesota Tax Exempt Form - Fill out this tax form if you are a Minnesota resident and sell our product to the end user. We must have a copy of this on file if we aren’t charging you sales tax.
Iowa Tax Exempt Form - Fill out this tax form if you are a resident of Iowa and sell our product to the end user. We must have a copy of this on file if we aren’t charging you sales tax.
Illinois Tax Exempt Form - Fill out this tax form if you are an Illinois resident and sell our product to the end user. We must have a copy of this on file if we aren’t charging you sales tax.
Wool Research
Details from the University of Vermont Extension research-
“Wool’s hygroscopic quality means an ability to ameliorate wild swings in precipitation because it can absorb, hold and release moisture as well as nutrients, over time” Kimberly Hagen, MS
Wool pellets have the unique ability to provide nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) while minimizing phosphorus levels, where legacy phosphorus might be a problem.
“Kimberly Hagen and Suzy Hodgson of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture were seeking a way to support Vermont’s sheep farmers by exploring market options for a use for raw, low-grade wool.” Kimberly Hagen, MS
“Up to fifty percent of the weight of wool is carbon. When pellets are incorporated into the soil, that carbon stays in the ground.” Kimberly Hagen, MS.
Climate responsible!
Using mulching fleece as a hanging basket liner
“…several findings suggest that wool is a promising alternative fertilizer for organic vegetable crops.” Various trials using tomatoes and spinach have showcased wool’s ability to stimulate increased yield and plant growth, especially when Woollets are used in the root zone.
“…suggests that wool pellets may be an appropriate replacement for commercial formulated fertilizer blends on organic farms… “ Higher nitrogen application is a direct correlation to stronger, healthier plants as well as better yields.
Tomato plant with mulching fleece
Woollets wool pellets
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