During World War II, Americans were urged to plant “Victory Gardens” as the nation faced potential food shortages. The ...

Straw bale gardens rely on outside inputs — from ... Soil health matters deeply to me. This topic is too large to get into in this article, but we know that the degradation of soil is one ...

One way or another, we are in the process of waving goodbye to winter 2023-24. As I’m sure is the case with every farmer, the ...

Straw bale gardening for vegetables eliminates the ... Kick off the endeavor by placing two large, circular bales face to face, forming a robust, cylindrical body. To breathe life into them ...

$95-100/bale. Corn stalks. $60-$70. Milo stalks, $75-$85. Soybean stalks, large rounds, $85-$95. Wheat straw, large rounds and large squares, $105-$115. For the week ending April 6, 544 tons of ...

Disease, rain and muddy fields has meant that farmers have suffered up and down the country – and many are already worried ...

“Straw is in short supply, again due to bad weather, but we have had to buy it at £160 a ton, and a bale only lasts a day. We also have to pay for the antibiotics, vets and disinfectant.

Unleash your creativity with outdoor figures crafted from straw bales. Kick off the endeavor by placing two large, circular bales face to face, forming a robust, cylindrical body. To breathe life into ...

catch too much wind or simply be too large to plant in a single bale.” Maintenance for a straw bale garden is the same as if it was a basic, in-ground garden. Gardeners should make sure to water ...

And so, we ended up having to bring in a backhoe and all of these large berms around the property ... because it's so rocky out here. We tried hay bale the first season, and that was okay, but ...