I have several raw (whole, unprocessed, unwashed - straight from the sheep) fleeces that are so heavily vm-filled (vm = vegetation matter,i.e. hay, straw, twigs, etc) that it will take more work than I have spoons to pick through. The friend I got them from thought I was crazy for wanting them - and shortly after their delivery, I wasn't so sure she was wrong. So, I stuffed them into my old car (that hasn't run innnn...5yrs?), for storage. I love felting fleece, and had been toying with the idea of making them into raw wool sleeping mats on the peg loom - but not with all that vm.
In the meantime, I've purchased a few goji plants, and of course, a couple months ago, started more tomato plants than I have pots to accommodate (nope - they can't go into the ground). So, I've been pricing out small-tree-sized pots, and oh, my! They're pricey! And, I'm going to need pots much sooner than I'll be able to save enough for the pots. But, then it occurred to me - I have those fleeces stashed in my car (that I'm dearly wanting to restore). They would not only be biodegradable, but would even offer some small amount of fertilizer, via the vm & manure still stuck in them.
I *think* if felted very densely, those fleeces ought to make decent and very permie planting pots, that will both protect and feed my green babies, for at least a few years! Depending on how I do it, it might even give me the option of eventually moving the whole thing - pot included, into the ground or even into a bigger pot. But, I'm looking for input about how to go about it. My thoughts, thus far:
Option 1: Woven densely on my peg loom, which can support a 4ft wide warp, to a length of 9 or 10 feet, then wet-felted & fulled, which would shrink it by 30 - 50%. I'd then overlap the ends by a couple inches and needle-felt it together, then do the same to the bottom, folding in the resulting corners, to square off the bottom, so it will sit up. This method would require some strong warping fiber - jute? Rug warp? Sumpin' else?
Option 2: Combine it with papercrete or something similar, paper machet-style, shape it around a form (30gal trash can or something like that, cure it, seal it with something that won't hurt my land or plants, and away we go. This *seems* like the easiest way to do it, but not necessarily the cheapest or most eco-friendly way, depending on the binding material, of course.
Option 3: Straight-up wet-felting, no weaving, done on a form, the same as option 2. Much more budget friendly than the first 2 options, because there would be no need for creating a papercrete or any warp. But, I think it might also be the least stable, especially over time.
Option 4:
A Christian & devoted Patriot, wife, soap maker, herbalist, formerly a homeschooler, baker, truck driver, and more. I was born in the South, but actually grew up around the Great Lakes. Both of my childhood families had big, lush gardens,& preserved everything they could for the winter. I carried that into my own life. But, change happens and for over a decade, it just wasn't an option. Now, retired in the Ozarks, on 29 heavily wooded acres of mostly ravines, our best crops are nearly inaccessible wild blackberries, rocks, wild herbs, and ticks. We're utilizing our burgeoning small-livestock collection, straw bales, raised beds, and containers to build soil, and a better, healthier life for ourselves and our beloved critters, who provide us with eggs, meat, milk, fiber, honey, beeswax, fertilizer, tick control, brush control, 'lawn' mowing, loads of entertainment, and even help turn the compost. 
