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Healthy Gardening

how to's  & Tips for your garden

Are your gardens ready for the temperatures to drop?

9/2/2021

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​In the gardening world no character is more feared  than Jack Frost. 
All of our hard work and efforts to grow a beautiful and enjoyable garden can in one cold night turn black.  While all of us want to enjoy the cooler days of fall and bask in the glory of our harvest, the thought of Jack visiting keeps us up at night. 
Have we done everything in our power to protect our wonderful garden? 



 A few years ago after slipping on a nice warm wool jacket in the fall.  I thought to myself that I wish I had something warm to put around my plants.  The next spring we were contacted by a hat maker, asking us if we could use some of their rejected hats for our wool pellet fertilizer.  Upon receiving the first shipment we quickly realized that this wool had a different purpose.  At Wild Valley Farms, we have long asked ourselves, “How can we apply wool’s protective qualities to frost above the soil?” With the help of a friend who was searching for a purpose for her unusable wool hats we found the perfect answer.
Woolly’s Frost Guards were created to be the perfect warm wool jacket to protect our gardens when Jack Frost inevitably comes to visit.  


Woolly's Frost Guards
are 100% wool, making them

SUSTAINABLE,
BIODEGRADABLE, and
ECO-FRIENDLY.


Wild Valley Farms Tip! 
​Woolly’s Frost Guards can be placed in your gardens both dry or wet for protection.
On the colder nights to protect your plants from extreme temperatures we suggest creating a plant igloo.  To do this lightly spray your Woolly’s Frost Guard with water before placing it
​over the plants.
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Click here to READ MORE ABOUT Dr. Geoff Naylor and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization’s study
​THE WOOL FIBRE AND ITS APPLICATIONS.
Did you know? A kilogram of dry wool placed in an atmosphere of air saturated with moisture releases about the same amount of heat as that given off by an electric blanket running for eight hours. This is because wool is Hygroscopic. Hygroscopy is the phenomenon of attracting and holding water molecules via either absorption or adsorption from the surrounding environment, which is usually at normal or room temperature. 
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Water and Wool are your answers for protecting your garden from
​Winter Weather!
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​The National Gardening Association created a helpful tool to show the first and last freeze dates based on your zipcode.  To find out when Jack might be coming visit check out the  Frost Dates Calculator.  
check your local weather reports and know how your specific plants will be affected by the different temperatures. Most Gardeners frost days are based on 32 Degrees.
Thank you for reading!
​Use code
FROST for 15% off your next Wild Valley Farms order!
2 Comments
Judy Cavender link
10/20/2021 11:04:50 am

Please include the size/dimensions of the frost covers. It does no good to not provide this info. I won't order unless I can confirm that the covers are a size I can use.
Thanks,
Judy Cavender

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Brittney
10/20/2021 12:55:09 pm

Thank you Judy for your question. Our Frost Guards are available in two sizes: White (Large - diameter 20in circumference 62.83), Gray (Medium - diameter 16in circumference 50.26)
Please be aware that sizing is approximate and may vary slightly.

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  • Home
  • WHY WOOL?
  • Products
    • Home Garden Products >
      • Wool Pellets
      • Intelli-Soil
      • Super Compost Tea
      • Intelli-Mulch
      • Nurtiwool Pots
      • Woolly's Frost Guards
      • Scented Soap
    • Bulk Landscape Products >
      • Soils
      • Manures
      • Terra Zest
      • Colored Mulches
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      • Spore Block
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