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
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