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lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject:

good idea cos I made temporary cross country jumps out of old hay bales and a few months on (with no spawn) there are lots of fungi (not that Ive dared eat them but it does show its an ideal environment for them!)
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Maidenstone · Neepster Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 303

You can see her website: www.annforfungi.co.uk but I do know she is in hospital this week, should be home next week though.
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pete_inthehills · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject:

what you need to do is have a big bbq party with lots of guests and lots of drink. Tell the boys they have to pee on the hay. this really helps with the break down of it. you'll not be able to get rid of it all, but it'll start the composting process nicely...

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Clydesdaleclopper · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject:

Hmm. My new neighbours might be a bit concerned if they saw loads of drunken men peeing on hay bales next to the track

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Julie · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject:

We use our spoiled hay from the floor of the field shelter as a mulch around fruit trees and bushes, it is manured a little too. It does take a couple of years to disappear completely but that is an advantage. Gordon had reservations about it containing grass seeds at first but it doesn't seem to be a problem. The main thing that grows through are docks but you could view that as an easy way to spot them and dig them out. Most hay is harvested long before it seeds anyway so that might be why it has proved to be such an effective mulch.
Sounds as if you might have Clydesdales too, by your username? We also use the pee sodden shavings from our next door neighbours stables as mulch. It takes a great deal longer to rot but if it saves us from strimming and mowing in the forest garden, it's all good

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Clydesdaleclopper · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:01 pm Post subject:

Yes we do have a Clydie - I guess I should get him to move the bales. Start earning his keep and all that.

Julie · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:19 pm Post subject:

I think I like them better than Shires. I'm not a horsey person and what I know about them would fit on a postage stamp, but it is nice to see them working.
The loggers from the West coast had a couple of working heavy horses at Turriff show a few years back. One of those was a Clydesdale and he stood and let me quietly stroke his nose and face. They go into the forests to work in places that they can't get the machinery into.
It's a nice concept that they can't replace traditional methods with a machine in every case, isn't it?
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Smooth Hound · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject:

i saw them in turriff

with all here assessories, its amazing what you remember, i cant remember anything else there