The difference between hay and straw as mulch lies in straw being cleaner and having fewer seeds in general and fewer weed seeds in particular.
the difference between hay and straw is that horses eat hay and straw is a bedding.
Hay is dried grass or legumes (like alfalfa). Straw is the dried stalks of harvested cereals, such as wheat, barley, and oats.
Hay has nutritive value; straw does not.
to eat hay. to sleep on straw or a mixture of both hay and straw
It depends on the use. For mulch, straw is probably better since it carries less possibility of plant disease and may carry fewer weed seeds. For feed use for organic dairy production, hay is a much higher quality feed since straw has virtually no nutritive value.
Straw
You can mulch with almost anything. Please consider mulching with your fall clean up leaves and grass clippings. These are Mother Natures protectors of the plants and they break down into the most wonderful black nutrient rich soil money can not buy.
Straw is hay and hay is grown. There were large acres of hay grown.
Because straw is harder than hay and straw will get stuck in the digestive system because it is too thik.
hay is a greenish color is usually for eating, but straw which is thicker and has a yellowish color is used for bedding since it has less nutrients. hay straw
Straw or hay
Straw.