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Straw Bale Gardening
Pat wrote:
"Dick Adams" wrote: Anyone here into straw bale gardening? Like to read opinions on it before I try it. I've done something similar. I had a huge number of molding bales of fescue grass that I threw down in "flakes" all over the garden in the late fall, after liming the soil. I tossed horse manure on top of the hay flakes and just let everything sit over the winter. In spring, I moved the layers aside for plants. It acted as a mulch. The next fall, I hoed all the stuff into the dirt and added more layers of hay and manure. If you keep that up for 4-5 years you can turn the roughest soil into rich loam. So you are basically using your garden as a compost bin. Great idea! One problem I have is my son's hay fever so fescue is out. We get a lot of weeds in our yard so grass is out too. But in-garden composting with straw is worth a try. Thanks. |
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