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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 3/31/2007, you wrote:
> when I purchased the land there were a number of large
> hay bales left out to weather from year before I'm
> sure those would be excellent compost.

Be careful with using hay as a garden mulch without composting it first.  I 
had access to rotted hay so it was applied heavily on my garden.  It 
introduced grass seeds that took a long time to eradicate.



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On Mar 31, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Don Bowen wrote:
> Be careful with using hay as a garden mulch without composting it  
> first.  I
> had access to rotted hay so it was applied heavily on my garden.  It
> introduced grass seeds that took a long time to eradicate.

I still have Johnson grass in an area where I used old, moldy hay  
because it was free. That damn grass is almost impossible to eradicate.