Lazy Gardener
Super Self-Sufficient
IMO, the only thing worse than bind weed is poison ivy!
which one of you guys was it that munched with some treated hay and killed your garden soil? and how is it doing now?
I started a thread a few years back titled "Killer Compost/Murderous Mulch." I mulched at one time with hay that was sprayed with a herbicide. I moved my garden to a different spot twice since then. The original spot has been home to pigs for several years now. I'll give it a try in that spot again eventually. Now I question hay producers before I buy hay and I won't buy hay that's been treated with herbicides.
It hopefully is. I think I recall that sunlight helps break it down... maybe? Running pigs there for several years now has ensured that the soil has been turned and exposed to sunlight quite a bit now. And fertilized... they fertilized it quite a bit also.
They have turned it over time and time again. I will eventually get back to gardening in that area. May try a small section first and see how it goes.I bet the pigs have got that place plowed pretty good!!
Wow. Never heard of tree leaves being an issue. But... I suppose any thing is possible. It gives me cause for concern when I open up a bag of leaves (I pick them up in a near by town) and find it laced with grass clippings. I always source my hay from a neighbor farmer who assures me that the fields he hays are herbicide free. I don't know what I'll do when he retires. The biggest reason why I have chickens is for the MANURE. Eggs are a wonderful side benefit. I would like to turn 1/4 acre into a "hay field" which I would harvest with a scythe. 3 cuttings/season would provide all the hay I need.