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  • From: "Andrew R. King" <andrew.king2 AT worldnet.att.net>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Decomposing Hay
  • Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:46:19 -0500

Every six months I start a new compost pile. Old bales of hay are broken up and spread on the ground before animal and green manures are added. This year when spreading an eighteen month old compost pile, I found much of the hay in the pile had not decomposed. The pile had been turn over four times and its temperature was a good 160 degrees. Are some bales being treated with something that would stop them from decomposing?




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