"La Puce" wrote in message
Farm1 wrote:
Another trick an old gardener got me onto was to use prerotted
bales
of hay.

Fabulous stuff hay. Bringing our bale to the lotty tomorrow (minus
the
cat though ).
http://cjoint.com/?kobVyUMfop

I meant to mention this yesterday and forgot. Hay is indeed wonderful
stuff but that bale pictured in the cite you gave with the beautiful
black cat is straw and not hay. Straw is good for very little except
as bedding for animals. It has no real nutrient level so will rob
your soil of nitrogen in the rotting process if you plan on using it
as a mulch.

Don't waste it since you have it but if you want to buy hay in future
don't get this stuff and if it was sold to you as being "hay" rather
than "straw" then don't buy it at the same place again because they
don't know thier product. Lucerne (also known as alfalfa) hay is the
creme de la creme of hays but it's (relatively) expensive, clover or
meadow hay is next down the line in quality