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  • From: Liz Pike <strawbry_wine AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Decomposing Hay
  • Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:41:41 -0800 (PST)

Hey Andrew,

18 mos may be one of your problems. For me hay and
straw took 24 months even though I continued to keep
it turned. I found the way to speed up the process
was to put everything i used in my compost including
hay and straw through a chipper/shredder. Compost
ingredients will decompose faster if the pieces are
about 2" or smaller. I also threw in handfuls of
alfalfa meal (rabbit pellets) to boost the nitrogen
content.

Liz Pike

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