Sentence examples for layers of straw from inspiring English sources

The delicate fruity-tasting oil, from Les Moulins Mahjoub, a century-old company near Tunis, is made from organic olives crushed between granite millstones, then cold-pressed in layers of straw mats.

Four treatments were designed to span a range of management options – from simply piling up the manure to amending it with straw to increase aeration and adding insulating layers of straw.

The TRD that is located above the Cryomagnet and Upper Time of Flight, consists of several layers of straw modules interleaved with a fiber fleece material and arranged in a conical octagon structure built out of a carbon fiber/aluminum honeycomb sandwich.

Gilbert, realising that Brindley had placed too much weight on the sides of the arch, removed the clay and laid layers of straw and freshly puddled clay; when the water was allowed to flow in again the masonry held firm.

It is better to mix the soils, rather than layering them as too thick layers of straw or hay (if used) may dry out layer above it.

The insulating layer of straw will keep the soil around their roots nicely chilly.

After hard frost, mulch around the stubs of the plants with a 10-inch layer of straw, salt hay, compost, composted manure or any combination of these.

He has since pulled the last of the carrots, tilled the beds and blanketed the asparagus patch with a protective layer of straw.

Then they laid down a thin layer of straw to keep seeds from washing away in the rain, and to protect them from birds.

Brussels sprouts, leeks and parsnips survive unprotected, while our carrots remain in the sandy soil under a layer of straw for insulation.

And the three elephants -- Jan, Bunny and Marie -- rocked themselves back and forth and then lay down on a thin layer of straw for a nap.