Water the straw bales deeply every day during the conditioning process, and apply another ½ cup of high-nitrogen fertilizer on each bale on days 3 and 5. On days 7 and 9, apply ¼ cup of high-nitrogen ...

Tonya Ashworth plants a straw bale garden, and Mr. D. demonstrates how to use garden math. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, garden expert Tonya Ashworth shows how to prepare ...

If you have never considered using a straw bale greenhouse, the first question is: why do you need one? Depending on where you live or what you want to grow, there are several compelling reasons. A ...

Straw Bale Gardens Complete provides an abundance of inspiration, with detailed steps for planning, planting and harvesting a straw bale garden. Joel Karsten inspects tomatoes growing in straw bales.

Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. This technique allows you to create a raised bed garden on the patio, lawn or poor compacted soil. Straw bale ...

If you’d like to install a raised bed but don’t have the resources to build one, you can achieve the same effect by growing your plants in straw bales. It’s also a great option for those with poor ...

Last week a friend sent me a New York Times article from March about straw bale gardening, reminding me that everything old is new again – and that gardening is a hot topic even in the middle of New ...

AKRON, Ohio — When Joel Karsten was growing up on a farm in Minnesota, he noticed how lushly weeds grew from rotting bales of straw. That made him wonder: If straw worked so well for growing weeds, ...

Five lucky families and schools will enjoy trying straw bale gardening this growing season courtesy of the Pine River Garden Club and Pine River Shares. Winners of the second annual garden contest ...

If you aren't ready to till part of your lawn and there's no room in your budget for raised beds, don't give up on starting a garden! There's another way to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and lots ...