Just my $.02:

Barley straw seemed to work in my teeny little water garden, but it was
*way* too expensive a dog toy!

BTW, if any of you do *not* currently own dogs, I'll be happy to lend my two
girls (big one is Lab/Chessie, smaller one is Lab/Cocker Spaniel) to
dissuade you from ever owning dogs! 2-night maximum, as that's just about
as long as I can bear to be away from them!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"Hank Pagel" wrote in message
. ..
This is the first year I am using a small straw pillow in my
waterfall. The first month we had no sunshine and I was growing
barley. As soon as we had a few days sun the straw started to decay
and my water cleared. I have not run my UV in three weeks, water is
clear but it is time for another pillow. My pond is in full sun and
the barley straw seems to be working as long as I have sunlight.
"K30a" wrote in message
...
Muffin wrote
is it supposed to STINK????

Yup, decaying matter emits foul odors,
especially if water movement and O2 aren't
available in suffient quantities.
Barley straw is an expensive dead plant ;-)

I've never used it but here is some stuff researched by another
rec.ponder on
this web page. It is a couple years old, put together about the time
of the
barley straw boom.

http://hometown.aol.com/rosiedawg/my...ollection.html


k30a