Hi,
I don't get to review all of the posts all of the time so I come in late on some subjects.
On putting the bales on concrete and staking. Well plastic buckets with short sticks set in concrete will make a great support. You can fasten any length of support on the short sticks. That way you don't have to hold a tall stake in the concrete as it sets.
I don't know if you can get quickcrete in New Zealand but any premix in a bag will work.
As for a water dam on the concrete. Why not form a box out of concrete block and then put plastic over the blocks. You can then place the bales in the box and the excess water will collect in the box and be reabsorbed into the bales.
Also bamboo or rebar tripods can be great supports.
Thanks for all of the posts. This is great fun just talking about gardening. Here it is Thanksgiving in the U.S. and I still have cherry tomatoes on the vines on my front porch.
I do live in Oregon so we have had a mild fall. I think tonight is going to end all growing.
God Bless.
Straw bales placed directly onto the lawn?
I just wrote a long post addressing some of the issues in this thread, a kind of end of season review, then didnt post it properly. Now its gone. All gone. And Im tired. Ive been researching for, and writing a stupidly long college report, all day and all night, its 3am, Ive only just finished, and I think Ive had enough of this writing thing. Why am I online and not in bed. Goodnight
Lena
Lena, that is so awful. I just hate it when that happens. Your school work is more important. Don't worry about it.
Jeanette
Lena: that's happened to me before, too. If I thought I was going to get deep into a post, I composed it in a word-processing document and cut/pasted. I've had the electricity go off before, too, and lose my work. Take heart! We appreciate your efforts.
As far as I'm concerned, you get the Golden Bale Award! :-)
Kent
Oh Lena! With the date on your post I was hoping it was an April Fool's trick. Sorry it wasn't. Bloody computers- they're like other things in life- ya can't live with them, or without them!!
Namaste- Suz
Oh yeah, April fools. I forgot about that one. I think it may have been the 2nd of April in NZ by then though.
Its 7.30 pm now, Saturday the 5th of April. And Im still sobbing at my school work. The next big report is due in 3 days.
Lena