What to Do With Buckwheat Hulls?

Decorative Mulch

• Use buckwheat hulls for landscape mulch. Rosarians like these hulls for their lightweight and decorative traits. The hulls fill borders and flower gardens. As they are light in weight, the hulls are often commercially flattened to keep them from blowing or washing away.

Organic Pillow

• Use buckwheat hulls for homemade pillows. Commercially available as orthopedic neck pillows and organic therapy pillows, bulk hulls are often sold through craft outlets. Crafters make hull-stuffed pillows that are firm yet shift to fit the head and neck.

Warming Pad

• Use buckwheat hulls for therapy. Loosely fill a sock with buckwheat hulls, knot it at the cuff, and microwave for a minute. Remove the warm sock and apply it to sore muscles or cold feet. The hull socks ease aches in older pets without the hazards of an electric pad.