On 2/10/06, Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the huge straw bale in her shed - she described it as similar to an > explosion of straw, as of course when the straw is baled, it is tightly > packed, and the release is similar to a bomb going off! I could > sympathise
Of course I wouldn't have been there, but I have sort of 'done that' - when I had opened the bale outside, it was packed in neat 'books' and it didn't explode. I could pick out a book (a pressed unit made by the baler machine) and deal with it, then another as required, for the straw-chopping-filling purpose. Time passed, I had a new pillow and abandoned the remaining bale of straw, and quite a lot of the bale too, still neatly in itspackaged bale shape. I would deal with it 'later' - well, when I went outside the next day, I was greeted with a stunning sight - the entire front lawn and garden was golden. A helpful wind had come up and rearranged the books, so to speak. It made me laugh out loud! I raked up what I could and most of it went into the compost, but I got sproutings of green oat grass in unusual places for a long time after that. The smell of a new straw-filled pillow is lovely. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]