How can I reuse or recycle … hair clippings?
Every couple of weeks, John shaves his head, resulting in hair clippings and a clump of fuzz in the bathroom sink. Given it makes me want to gip* every time I see it (I start imagining the stray little hairs in my throat and ick), John just usually scoops it up quickly and flings it in the bin.
I believe it can be composted - right? - but are there any better uses for the unwanted spawn of his follicles?
* according to Urban Dictionary, this is a Yorkshire term for ‘wretch’. Despite my upbringing on the other side of the Pennines, I use this word regularly without thinking of it as being a Yorkshire-ism. I am clearly perfectly assimilated in the culture now: bring on my flat cap and whippet on a piece of string.
hair clippings, human or otherwise, can be used to deter snails from your prize winning vegetables.
sprinkle a barrier of hair around your plot and they’ve prefer not to cross it.
the hair breaks down and provides nutrients for the soil too.
not so good in windy weather though.
If you have birds nesting in your garden, leave the hair for them to use as a building material. Same goes for pet hair.
Also I stick the fluff fom my condenser dryer on the bushes for the birds to us as nest building materials
I think the snails and slugs dont like nything prickly on their tender undercarriages.. hence theor reluctane to cross the barrier as suggested.
they hate essential oil of pepeermint also.
Rosie
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Use hair for stuffing in pincushions - the natural oil will stop the metal needles from rusting.
Can you use the hair clippings for nets to clean oil spills? Thought I read that somewhere.
A company in the US uses hair clippings to make mats that absorb oil: good for oil spills and also for motor oil drips!
http://www.matteroftrust.org/apages2007/natprogss.html
I read that you can put the hair and nail clippings in your compost bin, apparently - they are perfectly compostable.
Unpleasant subject though…
In theory hair can go in a wormery and will eventually get composted.
I THINK DAT IS NASTY,DON’T U???????????????????
I have a busy pet grooming salon and often wonder if there is any use for the tons of hair we have by the end of the day, literally a large green garbage bag or more full!!
Yes, compost it! Apparently raspberries particularly like the keratin.
I also cut up my old wool gloves when they wear out and bury them near the raspberries.
I need a suggestion. how to do bisness with hair mat?