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  • #1

    Giant haystacks

    I thought they were extinct.

    They've cropped up again recently - or have I just been unobservant?

    On some of the fields round our way there are towers of hay (8 bales high), and they look pretty cool when you see a field covered in them. I'd just got used to seeing the "rolls" of hay, but these are much better.
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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    I saw on the local news the other week that someone around here had made a giant mammoth sculpture out of bales, trunk, tusks and all for a competition.

    Next day they reported that some bugger had torched it overnight.
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    • #3
      We used to love playing in and on them as kids...doubt H&S would allow it anymore.
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      • #4
        Wouldnt be able to play in these ones as they are too big not many farmers bale the little ones any more

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        • #5
          Yes! I noticed that too, the other day, was quite chuffed, OH thought I'd gone bonkers!
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          • #6
            Originally posted by winstonwobble View Post
            Wouldnt be able to play in these ones as they are too big not many farmers bale the little ones any more
            Yeah, these things are about 20ft high - even I'd struggle to get up there.
            A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

            BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

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            • #7
              OK, maybe I'm thick but why are some round and others oblong?

              Driving down a local Mway one side was all round, the other the other.
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              • #8
                Depends on the baler, if the farmer does silage for his stock then they'll have a round baler for that so would use it for baling the straw too. big square bales are easier to stack though. The reason there are less 'little' bales is due to horse owners using other materials nowadays, unless you're brassic and resort back to straw....
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                  Disappointed about thread title, was expecting wrestling news.!
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                  • #10
                    £3 pound for a small bale of barley straw round here cheaper to bed down on shavings dont know anyone now that has horses on straw unless you can bale your own of course straw beds always looked comfey though

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                      Originally posted by seasprout View Post
                      Disappointed about thread title, was expecting wrestling news.!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by seasprout View Post
                        Disappointed about thread title, was expecting wrestling news.!
                        Same here.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by seasprout View Post
                          Disappointed about thread title, was expecting wrestling news.!
                          Me too..........!
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                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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                          • #14
                            The farmers around here either gather the bales in straight away to deter the pyromaniacs or at least leave them spread out all over the field so that if someone torches them they only lose one or two!
                            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                            Diversify & prosper


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                            • #15
                              Saw some of the round bales wrapped in plastic with a smiley on them(near Shepshed) last week.
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