gareee wrote has anyone just tried barley, like from the
grocery store?

The barley that is used is the straw part of the plant. After the grain is
harvested a small portion of the leftover straw is bundled up and sold to the
pond industry. I've heard of a couple different theories as to how it works but
have never tried it myself. I'm not really convinced that it works all that
well and the prices charged for it are so high when I see the stuff laying
around in the fields waiting to get plowed under ;-)


kathy :-)
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