Posted by SgtBilko@FtBaxter.com on June 23, 2011, 5:24 pm
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?
Posted by Bill who putters on June 23, 2011, 5:46 pm
> 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?
In a word...Gold.
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Posted by beecrofter on June 23, 2011, 5:47 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?
Protect your lungs when handling, otherwise great find.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on June 23, 2011, 6:18 pm
SgtBilko@FtBaxter.com 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?
Excellent for the garden, watch out for vermin in the bales. In these parts
old hay bales are a home for snakes.
David
Posted by Brooklyn1 on June 23, 2011, 7:47 pm
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:24:42 GMT, "SgtBilko@FtBaxter.com"
>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?
Hay no matter what age makes terrible mulch, you'll end up with a
garden weedier than you can ever imagine... even 25 years old most of
the seeds contained therein will germinate... and once hay becomes
established it is the most awful thing to remove. And hay grows fast,
on a hot day it will grow more than six inches. I have a four acre
field that was once hayed but I mow it trying to get it to contain
more lawn grass than hay... I can actually see it grow while I mow.
And plowing it under will only make it grow better. Hay is strong,
its roots are like manila rope. If you take that hay put it to
compost but do NOT use it for mulch.
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> 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?