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  • From: "Tom at Limerock" <limerock AT thirdplanet.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Hay is for Horses...
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:30:10 -0400

The way I heard it is:

Hay is for horses,
straw is for cows,
and milk is for babies,
to shut their mouths.

I know, nothing to do with farming, sorry.

Tom Anslow
Limerock Orchards

> Courtney,
> I too used to have trouble differentiating between hay and straw. Finally
I
> settled on the phrase Hay is for Horses. You don't use horse manure for
> mulch or soil ammendment if you can avoid it because of the large amount
of
> weeds which will inevitably spring up as a result. I assume a lot of
those
> seeds come from the hay they eat. So...Hay is for Horses, straw is for
> mulch.






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