Tags, books, cakes, biscuits, sheets? I feel like I’ve heard a dozen names for the square chunks of pine straw within a bale.

What do you call them? Interested to see if there’s some I’ve never heard.

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Posted by East Coast Band

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 5/9/20 at 9:44 am to Goldbondage

Bale. Never heard any of the others, but I've never shopped for it. Have had plenty of pine trees around that I've used the pine straw from

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Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 5/9/20 at 10:22 am to East Coast Band

as much pine straw as I have all over the place I’ve never bought any, but I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it while looking at that rake

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Posted by Antib551

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Posted on 5/9/20 at 11:12 am to Goldbondage

I just put out 50 bales at my house a couple weekends ago. I can't recall that I've ever referred to them as anything. But I guess I'd call it a bundle or a patty.

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Posted by fightin tigers

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Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:50 pm to Goldbondage

quote:
cakes

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Posted by jeffsdad

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Posted on 5/10/20 at 6:45 am to Goldbondage

Bales is acceptable unless you give each an individual name.

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Posted by Twenty 49

Shreveport

Member since Jun 2014

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Posted on 5/10/20 at 6:53 pm to Goldbondage

quote:
names for the square chunks of pine straw within a bale.

We always called them pads of hay, so I call them the same for pine straw.

Google suggests that flakes is a common term for them.

Someone asked the same question on another board, and it looks like flakes was the most common answer. But there were plenty of others from bats and slices to pads. LINK

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