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Straw or Hay
Baled straw or hay happens to be a fantastic organic material to use as a mulch which then becomes lunch for the earthworms and soil microbes. The problem with straw or hay is that for most folks it does not look very good on a flower bed, or under trees or shrubs.

Master Gardener Course - Hot Links
If used from outside of the Master Gardener WebCT Course login, some links may not work due to differences between the internet settings of a WebCT session versus the internet settings you use on your own equipment.

Protect Newly Seeded Lawn
Grassfast lies lightly over the seeded area and traps heat and moisture to speed and increase grass seed germination. While it retains warmth and moisture, it vents excess heat, which also increases and speeds seed germination.

Extension Ag Update - July/August 2007
A study was conducted in 2004 and 2005 at the Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, Shabbona to document straw yields from commonly grown soft red winter wheat varieties and to determine if straw yield from winter wheat in northern Illinois can be predicted.

Extension Ag Update - Research - July/August 2002- University of Illinois Extension
Today's leftover rice and wheat straw might tomorrow be used in making environmentally friendly packaging materials or other biobased products. Packaging materials and other biobased products from straw could give growers a new, profitable market for straw that today is plowed under or perhaps sold for animal feed or bedding.


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