Patent ID: 7093407

Claim:
A method of producing a covered bale for being stored outside, comprising: a. providing a supply of semi-permeable, flexible sheet material, the semi-permeable, flexible sheet material being one of a micro perforated plastic film, woven fiber or bonded fiber, the moisture permeability of which is diminished with additional layers; b. wrapping at least an entire circumference of said bale with at least one layer of said semi-permeable material; c. applying an additional layer of said flexible sheet material sufficient to additionally cover said bale in a pre-selected region of said bale; and d. manipulating said wrapped bale for storage, and placing said pre-selected region of said wrapped bale into around contact, whereby said pre-selected region is additionally protected from ground water and soil moisture due to the diminished moisture permeability of the semi-permeable, flexible sheet material in said pre-selected region.