"Allan Matthews" wrote in message
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Last month I built a raised garden and after reading this ng decided
to make some compost. I went to a local business and got four
discarded pallets, stood them upright and wired the corners so I have
a bin about 5 feet square and 3 1/2 feet high. Yesterday I got four
bales of moldy hay that was left in the field last year. Put about 6
inches in the bottom of the bin then started mowing lawn and bagging
clippings. I moistened the hay then layered grass clippings and moldy
hay until the bin was full. Grass was also moist..Appreciate any
suggestions.

On the subject of Moldy (mouldy?) hay, I had 42 bales given to me a few
years ago.A friend gave me some seed potatoes that had already been cut up
so I dropped them on top of the ground across my garden and covered with
about 8 inches of hay. It was the best potato crop I have ever had.
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73 de Bob NS9G