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  • From: Lee Lawton <llami AT teleport.com>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Help with irrigation and mulch
  • Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 07:17:53 -0800



> Straw goes for about $1.50 a bale around here, oat or wheat. What are folks
> paying for quantities to mulch a large garden with. (I realize that you are
> post-straw, I'm hoping someone else will share what they pay for straw! :-)

I paid $1.65/bale for a truck load--about 290 bales of rye straw. I also use
it in the chicken nesting boxes--it is so much softer than wheat straw.

Lee Lawton
Over the Rainbow Farm
Junction City, Oregon





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