On Jun 23, 2:24*pm, "
wrote:
picked up some 25 year old bales of hay for free today....they are from an
old barn set to be demolished they stink of animal urine and
feces....apparently raccoons have have been living there for long
time....will this be ok for mulch in vegetable garden?

Suggest before contemplating handling these bales - much less
spreading on your vegetable garden - you check out

http://www.raccoonfacts.net/raccoon_...droppings.html

Raccoons can carry a nasty roundworm that won't kill them, but is very
dangerous to humans...and the eggs can survive for years in soil. A
risk not worth taking for a "free" load of mulch.

NT