Straw deliveries to your neighbourhood?

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Permalink Reply by Yee Tong on April 25, 2010 at 10:21am

I'm consulting with my chicken coop partner about this.
I am in West Vancouver off the #1 Hwy- 15th Street exit.

Permalink Reply by Yee Tong on May 12, 2010 at 3:44pm

Fellow VanVillagers,

I've got a couple extra bales on the Northshore if you are looking...
I can bring'em to a VV event when our paths cross or pickup for locals.

Yee.

Permalink Reply by Ross Moster on May 12, 2010 at 3:51pm

I know someone who wants a couple. What's their pedigree?

Permalink Reply by Yee Tong on May 12, 2010 at 11:09pm

Oat or Barley hay....one or the other...sorry I forgot but I can find out if it's important.
It comes from the fields of Blue Heron Farm and their neighbouring farm.

They raise horses and was grown last year for feed and she says it was not sprayed, but not organic per say.

Just let me know if you want some... I actually can spare up to four or five.
I would ask 3 dollars or some form of exchange per bale.

Yee.

Permalink Reply by Silvi on July 5, 2010 at 2:49pm

Hello,

Do you have an idea of how much volume it would be, and how long it would be there for?

Thanks,

Silvi

Permalink Reply by Ross Moster on July 5, 2010 at 3:41pm

Hi Silvi,

At the moment, I'm looking for new sources.

These are things that need to be worked out with whoever is receiving. For instance, a straw order might be a pallet (12 bales), or it might be more, or less, depending on how many people are ordering from the neighbourhood. Depending on where it's coming from, the delivery charge might get smaller per bale if there are more orders.

In terms of time, it also needs to be worked out with the person receiving. For instance,
one could say in advance "Delivery is coming on Tuesday morning. Here are the times when you can pick up your order: Tuesday evening from 5-7 pm; Wednesday morning from 10-noon."

Does this answer your questions?

Permalink Reply by Silvi on July 11, 2010 at 2:37pm

Hi Ross,

Yes, it does. I was just thinking that I wouldn't want a massive amount of straw kicking around for a long time waiting to be picked up, you know?

So, I have a potential space for a delivery to be held. There's a concrete pad behind my house that could hold a pallet, maybe two. I live in the Sunset neighbourhood up on Fraser.

-Silvi

Permalink Reply by Ross Moster on July 11, 2010 at 4:29pm

Hi Silvi,

Great! I'm going to devote some time to tracking down suppliers after the Folk Fest. (Are you going? We have a double booth there.)

Cheers,
Ross

Permalink Reply by Alyssa K on November 21, 2010 at 3:03pm

I have room for several bails, but probably only if it is picked up on the same day. 4th & Commercial.