Hold the water?

by Susan
(Egremont MA)

This is a Question/ idea, I haven't tried it myself. Couldn't you put down thick mil plastic under the bales and fold it up the sides and ether pin in place with "U" shaped heavy wire or bind in place with PVC rope? Would the trapped water wick up the straws? Just trying to save water.

Doug says this is how you create a swamp. The excess water is going to make those bales really hard to deal with - rot them very fast and make a smelly, ugly mess with rotting straw.

So - the deal with straw bales is that they need a certain amount of water - and no trick like this is likely going to give you a great result.