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Author Topic: Straw for making skeps  (Read 1820 times)

bridget

  • Joined May 2013
  • Highlands of Scotland
Straw for making skeps
« on: July 22, 2014, 07:42:03 am »
Our beekeeping group is having a lesson on how to make a Skep but we need to source straw that has not gone through a combine.  The threshing makes it too short.  Oats would be best as it's longest.  Anyone know of a farmer or crofter using traditional methods for example stooking that might sell us some? 
Thanks. Bridget

 

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