Straw is the stalk of a grain plant after the grain has been harvested. Hay is made from any of several types of pasture grass such as fescue, timothy, alfalfa or orchard grass.
We use a lot of straw on the farm. Some of it we use to mulch our garden to hold moisture in the soil and to suppress weed growth. Most of it is used to provide bedding for the chickens. The straw provides carbon which helps to absorb the moisture of the chickens' poops thus keeping the air quality in the hen-a-bago pleasant and healthy for them. It makes our work more pleasant too.
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| Charlie picked up a load of 120 bales of wheat straw on the trailer and 10 in the bed of the truck. We are grateful to find a farmer who grows grains organically. By using straw from his plants we assure that as the straw decomposes on our pastures and in our gardens it is not depositing any genetically modified components or the residue of toxic pesticides, herbicides and/or insecticides. |
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| Lots of tie downs kept the straw bales from falling or blowing off on the journey home. |
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| Trailer's empty. |
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| Pole barn is stacked with straw once again. |
In about 3 months we'll do it all again.
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