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Re: What to do with my Straw Bales?

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Mold can be a health problem, in confined quarters for long periods, or if
you are less than healthy....but generally it isn't a big deal, so you could
mulch with your straw if you wish (it will mold anyway eventually, right?)

Straw is a good cooling mulch; it is also an excellent brown ingredient in a
compost pile, so you can do either thang with it, with good chances of
success....

You can also use it to make a compost bin with, if you have lots---this is
Uncle Eliot's recommendation for perfect compost, to make it using straw and
other things in a straw bale bin....

So rejoice! And make your choice...:-)

Frank---hopes he bailed Pat out, please don't give him that baleful
look......:-)



-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia J. Santhuff <psanthuff@mindspring.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 2:19 PM
Subject: What to do with my Straw Bales?


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>H'lo Square Footers!
>
>I have one of those newbie questions for you.  ::sigh::
>
>I have several square bales of wheat straw we used for another purpose.
>They've gotten thoroughly wet several times (a little wheatgrass growing on
>top, even), and are even a little moldy (not a lot). My question: should I
>vanquish these to the compost bin, or could I use them as mulch? Would love
>to mulch with them, but am leery of the mold situtation.
>
>Thanks ever so much -- for help with this, and all the other neat stuff
I've
>learned here. Ya'll are just great.
>
>Patricia
>Zone 7b, West Georgia
>
>
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