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| Anybody know where to order online some ground up or shreded straw?
Or maybe... does somebody know where to get a big enough grinder (not large scale, just really big ) for home use, to be able to grind it myself fast???
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- Posted by Sharon_9_FL (My Page) on Fri, Aug 9, 02 at 10:37
| I think you have to grind your own. You should be able to rent a leaf shredder from your local Home Depot or hardware store. |
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| I get mine from the farm store [even cities have them in surroounding areas]. I take garbage bags and collect the stuff at the bottom that they prefer to throw away [ask permission]. Late Spring, after the farmers buy and after Holloween are the best times to get it free. Or buy bales; chew it with the mower- make piles; raise the front of the mower and bring it down over the pile. Its a neater job with the bag on. Or do you have a place where it can be confined for bagless shredding? |
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| Lois1 gets the prize. I break a bale and loosen the straw and spread it out near where I am going to use it, then mow it. Some times a clump may need a second pass. I'm only chopping it up, not trying to create hay dust. I try to do this right after I mow, so I can throw the grass clippings on the pile, and do a mix and chop all at once. |
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| country fare LLC. located in derby CT. great stuff. they call it mainly mulch. ron r. |
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- Posted by Belgianpup Wa/Zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 8, 02 at 21:53
| If you've got a mower & a solid fence, mow the straw with the discharge side facing the fence. In no time at all, you'll have a row of chopped straw, hay or leaves. I used to have the narrow strip along the cement-block wall planted, but once I discovered how useful it was for mowing mulch, I ripped out the plants & left it just as dry hard dirt. |
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