pistolpete
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I have three bales of mouldy now very damp hay to dispose of. Yard owner won’t allow it to be left to rot down on field. How best to dispose of it and where? Can I take it to local tip?
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ihatework
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If you haven’t got anywhere nearby you can leave it to rot naturally then yes I’d assume the green waste skips at tip would be fine
pistolpete
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It’s a crazy place where I keep my pony. But thank you. Just trying to find someone with a van so we can do one trip.
Dales
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Watch out with going in a van. Our council tip won't let you in with a van or charge commercial rates if they do
Korg
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Maybe ask in a local Facebook group if someone who grows plants wants some. Sometimes there's people requesting that so there might be some interest.
pistolpete
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Oh yes of course can’t borrow a van!
nagblagger
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And say it's old grass cuttings rather than hay. I would put it in binbags/sacks as our local tip is very strict.
Sandstone1
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garden waste bin? in a few batches
Cowpony
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Burn it?
meesha
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I take my old haylage in big sacks in car to tip and chuck in green waste. Or you could use a sheet to wrap around bale and stick seats down then take it and cut strings at side of bin at tip and chuck it in. Our amazing tip also allows single axle trailers
KikiDee
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Bury it out of sight in the muck heap? 
PurBee
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You could unroll it on the muckheap in sheet layers and it’ll rot down in no time, despite looking bulky at the start. Once hay gets wet, it gets mould and that reduces it right down to a thin layer in weeks.
If you intersperse it with dung , the microbes in the dung will speed up the rotting process.
Many gardeners now won’t touch hay/straw due to the persistent herbicides used commonly now on straw and hay fields, as they know it’ll kill their plants, so best to offer it to non-agri sectors if getting rid of it off the land - unless you are definitely sure it’s organic and not sprayed with anything at all.
I allowed a round bale to rot down as a full round outside, and it took ages…2 years-ish…..but I could still see it there. Whereas by unrolling it, it’ll quickly rot down as rain gets through the layer fast and fungus rots it down. You could even unroll it at the edge of fields….it’s supress the grass at first, but then you’ll find as spring progresses, it’ll rot down and by summer the original grass would grow through it, effectively fertilising the grass.
If you intersperse it with dung , the microbes in the dung will speed up the rotting process.
Many gardeners now won’t touch hay/straw due to the persistent herbicides used commonly now on straw and hay fields, as they know it’ll kill their plants, so best to offer it to non-agri sectors if getting rid of it off the land - unless you are definitely sure it’s organic and not sprayed with anything at all.
I allowed a round bale to rot down as a full round outside, and it took ages…2 years-ish…..but I could still see it there. Whereas by unrolling it, it’ll quickly rot down as rain gets through the layer fast and fungus rots it down. You could even unroll it at the edge of fields….it’s supress the grass at first, but then you’ll find as spring progresses, it’ll rot down and by summer the original grass would grow through it, effectively fertilising the grass.
pistolpete
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Don’t have one. Our council charges extra for them.
pistolpete
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They’re only small bales (3) yard owner won’t allow it. More craziness from she who must be obeyed
pistolpete
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It’s soaking plus she wouldn’t allow it.
PurBee
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Small bales rot to nothing in no time once opened up and rained on. Could you take them home and leave them to rot at the edge of your garden?Their only small bales (3) yard owner won’t allow it. More craziness from she who must be obeyed
I once got a batch we collected with trailer of small bales, mostly rubbish hay. I launched them onto the bank growing trees by the side of our yard and couldn’t tell they were ever there after a short time. Water them if you get little rain and they’ll rot fast.
pistolpete
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We only have a small garden. I’ll ask he who must be obeyed
PurBee
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We only have a small garden. I’ll ask he who must be obeyed
between your YO and ‘he’, I understand why you have horses! 3 small bales likely will be accepted at the local tip for ‘green waste’…if you can fit them in your vehicle…bag them if they’re really mouldy to protect your car.
I thought you meant big round bales!
Wont the YO allow just a bit of cruddy hay on the muck heap? Any sensible yard would surely have a large rot pile for everything that gets manky on a yard, including any feed and bedding.
NoodlesHalloween
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As a gardener when I get the time lol which I havent for sometime since having the Pony I would use the old manky stuff on my veg plot, I dont get swayed by the pesticides as they are already in everything so I would post on facebook and ask if anyone is needing to rot down a veg patch or wants some to help to keep any winter seedlings warm 
poiuytrewq
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Do you know anyone with cows or sheep?
Any rough bales I have go to the sheep if there are any grazing close ( obviously with the owners say so)
Or we burn but appreciate that’s probably not possible at a livery yard.
Any rough bales I have go to the sheep if there are any grazing close ( obviously with the owners say so)
Or we burn but appreciate that’s probably not possible at a livery yard.
cremedemonthe
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pistolpete
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Hilariously before it got sodden and super manky I offered it to the yard owner for her sheep! It was too mouldy for them!
pistolpete
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It’s just a field. She runs it like a little Hitler. Her rules which she changes like her pants! She has two muck heaps but I told the hay because it was spoiled had to be taken off the premises. She enjoys her power.
3 small bales likely will be accepted at the local tip for ‘green waste’…if you can fit them in your vehicle…bag them if they’re really mouldy to protect your car.
I thought you meant big round bales!
Wont the YO allow just a bit of cruddy hay on the muck heap? Any sensible yard would surely have a large rot pile for everything that gets manky on a yard, including any feed and bedding.
maya2008
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There was a lady driving round looking for someone to take a bale of hay they had used at a fete near me last summer. Council tip wouldn’t take it.
In bags, shredded?
In bags, shredded?
SEL
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Any other local horse owners who could use it for gateways?
pistolpete
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Doubt it. It’s pretty rotten.
pistolpete
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Argh! Hope that isn’t the case!
poiuytrewq
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Could you use it up as a bit of bedding. Put it under your bed for a few days where the wet patch goes?
Gets rid of it and save a little of proper bedding.
Gets rid of it and save a little of proper bedding.
pistolpete
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It’s just a field. Grass livery. No beds and it wouldn’t work as it’s soaking wet.
Sanversera
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Break up into smallish sections and bag as green waste. Take to tip. Or if there are hedges in your area scatter thinly under the hedges.