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What can you do with hay?
Uses for Spoiled Hay
- Mulch. Spread spoiled hay under your flowers and vegetables as an organic mulch.
- Soil Amendments. Chop or shred spoiled hay and add it to your garden soil in the fall as an organic soil amendment.
- Compost. Spoiled hay is a natural for adding to the compost bin.
- Make A Garden Bed.
What can you do with straw hay?
Use the straw in your garden as mulch. Use it to plant potatoes. Use it to make compost, especially if you have chickens. In fact, use it as chicken bedding or other animal bedding.
Can you make money off of hay?
“If you are getting $125 per ton for quality hay, you are going to see a profit of $51 per ton, or $204 per acre. “The potential is there to make some pretty good money on hay.” Brown says producers could decide to grow higher-quality hay and sell into the dairy or specialty hay markets.
How do I use hay in my garden?
Hay will not give you a dry layer of cover that is pleasing to look at, but it is a great mulch for growing flowers and vegetables, and you’ll get a fantastic yield. To start a garden, with seeds or starters, first create a thick layer of hay, up to eight inches (20 cm.), right over your garden soil.
Can I mix straw into soil?
When correctly managed, straw is an asset to the soil. Straw improves the soil structure and makes the soil more porous. When straw is mixed into the soil, it is immediately attacked by fungi and bacteria. These micro-organisms need carbohydrates for their growth and use the straw as a carbon and energy source.
Do straw bales have seeds?
Straw bales should be used for your vegetable garden because straw, unlike hay, does not contain seeds. Hay bales are usually grown and sold as horse or livestock feed. As a result, these bales usually contain timothy and alfalfa seeds, which can sprout into plants when wet.
What is hay selling for?
Small square bales averaged $4.60 a bale (range of $2.00 to $6.00). Large square bale straw averaged $64.00 per bale (a range of $40.00 to $90.00). Large round bale straw averaged $58.00 per bale (a range of $40.00 – $85.00). In Nebraska, hay sold steady, demand is light in 2020.
Does hay stop weeds?
Aside from well-aged compost, hay is arguably the best mulch for a vegetable garden. Like straw, it’s a good insulator, effective against weeds, and breaks down quickly to enrich the soil.
How do I get rid of old hay?
Pull the wires or twine away form the bale, roll them up and throw them into a trash receptacle. Break the bale up into manageable pieces or flakes. Pick up the flakes and load them into the bed of a pickup truck. Haul the hay to a plant recycling center or nursery and donate it for reuse.
Can you use fresh grass to make hay?
Some people don’t like to feed fresh grass to buns with sensitive tums, and it’s handy to have a good pile of hay in the litter tray even if you’re topping up with grass at dinner time too. So the next option is to take the lovely fresh grass and dry it so it turns into hay! So, that’s what I did….
What can I do with a bale of hay?
To see how we grow grass go here. Mulch for yard, around trees, or in pumpkin patches. Entertainment – chickens and pigs LOVE to scratch, roll and play in fresh hay. Seating – whether you’re hosting a bon fire, party or an outdoor wedding, hay bales make the perfect seats.
What kind of hay do you use for livestock?
Hay is grass that has been cut while it is still green and full of nutrients, but before it has gone to seed. The highest quality hay will have few to no seeds, but some are inevitable. Farmers use hay to feed livestock. Straw is the stalk that is left over after a grain, like barley, has been harvested.
What to do with extra hay from pigs?
What to do with extra hay: Bedding & Nesting material for nesting boxes, coops, hutches, and run-ins. Filler for the pool the pigs built. Once the pigs move out of the yard and into the freezer they will leave you with a giant swimming pool filled with pig sewage– at no charge.