What's in your garden?

[siskiyou]

I never heard of salting hay, but I know that in ancient times a victorious army would plow salt into the fields of a conquered enemy. Salt ruins fertile fields and makes growing crops impossible.

You've never heard of salting hay? Really?? :shock:

That is correct. I never heard of the practice of salting hay, which is not the same as saying that I do not believe that it is done.

Hay is salted for a variety of reasons the main one is that the animals that eat hay like salt. Some farmers will salt hay if it is baled to early with too much moisture in it or if it is rained on believing the salt will help prevent the hay from molding and mildewing.......and also because cows and horses like salt. Now ya know.