[Ansteorra] straw bales

[Stefan li Rous]

I'm a city boy, so I don't know all the details, but "straw" and "hay"  
are two different things. Some things you can use straw for, you can't  
use hay for. I believe hay is still edible (at least by various  
animals) while straw is not.

For building straw bale houses they specifically call for "straw" not  
"hay".  At Pennsic they sell straw bales, used for combat barriors and  
such, but for a number of years, I would by a straw bale, break it up  
into handfuls and stuff a large bag I sewed from a tablecloth to make  
a mattress to sleep on. Since I was flying to Pennsic, it took up less  
space than an air mattress and didn't suddenly go "flat" during the  
week.

So not much help with Goldweard's original question, since I'm not  
quite sure what characteristics he is needing, but a warning that  
"hay" is not the same as "straw" and may or may not work in this  
application.

Stefan

On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Harry Billings wrote:

>
> Most straw and hay that is bailed is dry and depending on how you  
> want to fold/bend it may or may not work. It will probably bend very  
> little before it kinks (think of bending a drinking straw).
>
> plachoya
>
> Ansteorra
>
>>
>> Most feed stores carry hay bales and the last time I bought a  
>> 2X4ish size it
>> was under $10.00. As for the flexibility I could not say
>> Vivian McKinnon
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2011 9:37 PM, "Brett Chandler-Finch" <naturemakeswell at gmail.com 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>> I am working on a project that would need straw to fold and bend.
>>> Can I use regular straw from a bale and how much would a bale cost.

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