DFB's Garden

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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Went mulch shopping today with my best client. You will often see their property in my garden pics, its a heritage listed corner block property that has a very large cottage style garden. Mulching is usually done via straw, which suits they style of the house and garden. imageimageimageimageCompressed bales of sugarcane don't go very far in this garden! Although I do love the smell and what it does to the soil as the material breaks down. And while bales of straw are available at multiple retail outlets in town, notably the local Mitre10 which is run in conjunction with a rural store..............RokWiz will know who I'm talking about. Thing is, when you live in a rural area, it's not what you know, its who you know. My client has been buying mulch-grade lucerne straw from the same old farmer for quite a while now. Not only is it superb for the garden, it also doesn't sprout weeds. Smells distinctively nice as well. I say "mulch-grade" in that these are older bales that have lost that cream colour and taken on a grey appearance. For mulching, this matters little. Price wise, I went and did a little online comparison. Basic straw bales are around $14 each, with prices working up to $26 bale for lucerne. At this particular grower, rye grass hay is $12 a bale, working up to $18 a bale for premium lucerne. For garden mulch lucerne, that comes in at $10 a bale. https://www.gaffys.com.au/product-page/garden-mulch Typically, my clients would go out with the trailer, but with it full of garden waste, I offered up my ute. It was also a nice outing for my client who is progressively going blind and recovering from a severe back injury. Can your dual cab toy do this?imageI now know that a single cab chassis Ranger will hold 10 bales of hay! Their special loader grabs onto 10 bales at a time, then drops them into the tray in one go. Upon return, the bales were unloaded and I wasted no time in getting it spread where required.

Geez Lucerne and hay is expensive down your way. I pay $12 a bale for top quality lucerne for the horse and no more than $5 for mulch hay. If I have to buy say, 2 dozen bales for the gardens it's usually just give me $50.