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Post by jen1 on Dec 20, 2012 23:31:36 GMT 1
most of these jobs were in Martha kylie Worthington's word's "to stop privates drinking and hoaring" its really of no benifit to the horses to have posh beds, so when i read that it changed my outlook on what was important, Amanda you must have been posh to have soap, we had to use lard /linseed/and bee's wax and melt in a pot, lol
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Post by jill on Dec 21, 2012 11:12:56 GMT 1
Here you go - a very rough idea, because I didn't damp it or sweep everything up (dog and chickens getting in the way) and everyone is right, it isn't easy with todays short straw What I would like to know is how do you square up a muck heap when you used chopped stuff or shavings? The sides just trickle down IME, I like to do it if I can because it is more efficient - a flat top lets the rain water in to rot it down, whereas a sloping top acts like a thatched roof.
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Post by jen1 on Dec 21, 2012 13:08:11 GMT 1
you would need to use the large square bales for long straw,which i hate
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Post by jill on Dec 21, 2012 13:14:32 GMT 1
Thia WAS from a large square bale Jen - or at least half of one which was left in the baler when my haylage was baled. They have bred cereals to have shorter stems so that they don't get knocked down by the weather, damn them!!
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Post by jen1 on Dec 21, 2012 13:18:43 GMT 1
lol, stuff we get had/or ive up here is about 3 to 4 foot long, i did this with billies birthing bed as the damn stuff was so long and stuck up all over ,to give a flatter surface for tom to arrive, im impressed you managed to do it on shorter stuff, i think the stuff i used must have been barley very orange in colour,and very shiny ,
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