Garden Twine Is Essential for Sustainability—Here's How I Use It. ... sisal, cotton, wool, etc.—I find hemp twine to be the best from a sustainability standpoint.

It’s great in the garden for supporting climbing vines and for marking rows. ... One year in the 1970s there was a shortage of sisal twine and my dad was forced to buy polypropylene twine.

The twine, made from the sisal plant, was commonly used by farmers until it was replaced by plastic alternatives in the 1970s. Stuart Oates, from Rosuick Organic Farm in Cornwall, ...

The twine, made from the sisal plant, was commonly used by farmers until it was replaced by plastic alternatives in the 1970s. Stuart Oates, from Rosuick Organic Farm in Cornwall, ...