Where can I get straw from???
 

Hi all, i have a smelly compost pile and I need high carbon material, ie straw to balance the pile. Can anyone tell me where i can get it from, i dont have a farm near by, where else do they sell it?

Thanking you in advnace:)

Where can I get straw from???
 

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Hi all, i have a smelly compost pile and I need high carbon material, ie
straw to balance the pile. Can anyone tell me where i can get it from,
i dont have a farm near by, where else do they sell it?

If you really want it then many petshops will have some. Be prepared to
pay an arm and a leg for it.
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Where can I get straw from???
 

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Hi all, i have a smelly compost pile and I need high carbon material, ie
straw to balance the pile. Can anyone tell me where i can get it from,
i dont have a farm near by, where else do they sell it?

Thanking you in advnace:)
--
dommy
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Hi Dommy,
you could try some stables in or outside your area, sometimes they'll sell
you some, phone ahead and if it's a bit away you could make a day of it.
Have a look in your local paper, sometimes you'll see someone selling small
bales. That or you could try a pet shop, they sell bagged straw for rabbit
hutches etc, but that can get pricey if you need a lot of it.

HTH
Shan

Where can I get straw from???
 

dommy wrote:
Hi all, i have a smelly compost pile and I need high carbon
material,
ie straw to balance the pile. Can anyone tell me where i can get it
from, i dont have a farm near by, where else do they sell it?


Ah, so there are advantages to living in the country.
Straw - £1 a bale
Hay - £2 a bale
........ farm prices.

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ned

Where can I get straw from???
 

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dommy wrote:
Hi all, i have a smelly compost pile and I need high carbon
material,
ie straw to balance the pile. Can anyone tell me where i can get it
from, i dont have a farm near by, where else do they sell it?


Ah, so there are advantages to living in the country.
Straw - £1 a bale
Hay - £2 a bale
....... farm prices.

.... but only if you have somewhere to store it, and a car that you don't
mind getting covered in it!

I buy petshop hay for my rabbits because I don't want to allocate all that
dry shed space to a bale of hay that would hang about for months, and I
like my car grass-free!

I'd guess if Dommy just wants to 'dress' a domestic compost heap with a
little straw, a mini-bale from a petshop would be enough.

Hint for Dommy: small non-chain petshops often sell straw and hay much
cheaper than the big chains, which seem to have a 3-quid minimum on
everything they sell!

Victoria

Thanks for your replies everybody, they are very much appreciated. I think I have a stable near by so maybe they could sell me some. Not sure about buying mini bales from a pet shop just to compost them! but if they dont cost too much then a possible option,

Where can I get straw from???
 

dommy wrote in message ws.com...
Hi all, i have a smelly compost pile and I need high carbon material, ie
straw to balance the pile. Can anyone tell me where i can get it from,
i dont have a farm near by, where else do they sell it?

Thanking you in advnace:)

I'd also recommend your local stables, but don't bother paying for the
fresh stuff. Ask if you can take from their pile of 'dirty straw',
which also contains manure - extra bonus. I went to mine with the idea
of getting manure but what I came away with was a lot more straw than
anything else. They might look at you a bit strangely but you won't
have to pay for it :-)
HTH
Katharine