Given the number of freshly sprouted weeds I'm pulling from my rows, I'm concluding that the person who sold me my straw bales in fact sold me hay bales. Irritating!
Hay is NOT straw!
Straw is the remnant stalks from a grain harvest. The grains are harvested and once the stalks die off and dry they are collected and baled. There is little if any seed present.
Hay is for livestock feeding. It is often full of seed as it is grown and harvested specifically to provide food for grain-fed animals.
I had found a small vegetable stand that also sold organic straw bales from an in-state Amish community. Unfortunately they don't seem to have reopened their stand this year. I guess this means I have to track down a new source for quality straw.
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