Usually mowed grass and straw are burned, considering this material in the country to be just garbage. The only exceptions are those owners who keep livestock. Hay in this case is a supply of food for the winter, and straw is an excellent bedding both in the barn and in the poultry house. Meanwhile, both can be useful to you, even if you do not have domestic animals.
Read in the article
- 1 The best mulch you can get
- 2 Straw beds for a bountiful harvest
- 3 Thatched paths in the garden
- 4 Straw for fertilizing and loosening the soil
- 5 Greenhouse heating straw
- 6 Straw as home insulation
The best mulch you can get
Hay and scrapping are great for mulching garden beds. Strawberries will be especially grateful to you for such care. Without mulch, the berries are constantly in the mud, and this will certainly cause rotting. And on dry straw, the berries will be dry and clean.
Now the method of growing potatoes in straw has become popular. In this case, the soil is not even needed, and the potato turns out to be large, because nothing prevents its fruits from gaining a large volume.
Dry grass has a beneficial effect on the development of tomatoes. It absorbs excess moisture from the greenhouse atmosphere and prevents late blight on fruits. In addition, it was found that hay bacillus develops in overheated hay, which destroys many pathogenic bacteria that are dangerous for tomato beds.
Gradually, organic mulch decomposes and turns into an additional source of nutrition for plants.
Straw beds for a bountiful harvest
Advocates of advanced technologies in gardening arrange straw beds. A layer of straw about 80 centimeters high is placed in them. Gradually, it settles and in two years the bed will be ready for planting.
Baled straw is used for this technology. The material for the beds is laid out in early spring, watered abundantly with the addition of diluted droppings or manure, or nitrogen fertilizers. For planting in straw, a lump of soil is left on the seedlings in which it was grown.
Caring for plants consists only in regular watering, but it is very important not to let the garden dry out.
Thatched paths in the garden
Strawing paths in the garden is the easiest solution to the problem with dirt after rain.
Straw for fertilizing and loosening the soil
For areas with poor soil, straw is useful as a baking powder and fertilizer. It is very simple to use: straw must be brought in when digging in the fall. During the winter, it partially decomposes and provides the soil with nutrients, and the soil will become much looser. To speed up the decomposition process during digging, nitrogen fertilizer is added.
But it is important to remember that you need to bring straw to a depth of no more than 15 cm, if deeper, dry grass will not decompose for a long time.
Greenhouse heating straw
Breaking straw generates enough heat to heat the greenhouse. In practice, it is biofuel that works in a very simple way. Straw is placed in the base of the beds, poured with diluted manure or a solution of nitrogen fertilizers and covered with a black film.
Straw as home insulation
And finally, straw is an excellent material for home insulation. It can be used to insulate the roof and walls. It is better to mix straw with clay for this, then the insulation will last a very long time.
In general, they even build houses from straw. Such green building is very popular now. If interested, watch this video on building a straw house:
Do you use hay and straw on your site? Share your experience in the comments!
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