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Gardening

onethatcares

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2. I think it's hay

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 30, 2019, 06:43 PM

Dec 2019

It came in a bale with strings. Local scout group sells pumpkins in October and November and they always have bales of what they say is hay for 6 bucks a bale. They use them as decorations and shelving for the pumpkins. Can't beat the price.

I haven't had many weeds coming up at all.

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anyone doing any gardening? [View all] onethatcares Dec 2019 OP

Hay or straw? Hay normally would have weed seeds. sinkingfeeling Dec 2019 #1

I think it's hay onethatcares Dec 2019 #2

Might be marsh hay Lefta Dissenter Dec 2019 #3

Well, in the farm states, straw is normally used for Halloween decorations. sinkingfeeling Dec 2019 #5

Are the stems in the bales big and yellowish? csziggy Dec 2019 #7

no seed heads to speak of onethatcares Dec 2019 #8

If you have not already discovered her, Google "Ruth Stout". Her books and articles are way Atticus Dec 2019 #4

getting ready to do garden planning. Next year will be all new for me! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2019 #6

cardboard questions NJCher Jan 2020 #9

i used a layer of onethatcares Jan 2020 #10

wood, composting, and paths NJCher Jan 2020 #11

check out onethatcares Jan 2020 #12

I bought a new old house about 7 years ago, and the backyard was the same htuttle Mar 2020 #13