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{
  "title": "How To Use Straw In Your Garden Right Now ",
  "author": "Sarah-Manon Blok",
  "image": {
    "url": "https://ucarecdn.com/6cf09613-5052-4a7e-a80f-187ad1693e48/-/format/webp/-/resize/480x/",
    "caption" : null,
    "alt" : "Covering young cucumber plants with straw mulch to protect against rapid drying and control weeds in the garden."
  },
  "date" : "2025-08-23 09:00:00 +0000 UTC",
  "permalink" : "https://blog.planter.garden/posts/how-to-use-straw-in-your-garden-right-now/",
  "content" : "Having grown up in the countryside, one of the things I missed most when I lived in the city as a student was the smell of late summer. That warm, cereal-like scent of freshly cut straw was always the signal that the season was shifting. Now that I’ve moved back to the countryside, and even mowed for the very first time myself on a giant John Deere tractor, I can confidently say: the smell of straw is back, folks. My sensory summer is almost complete.\nMost of this straw will end up in barns and …"
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