Using T-posts and wire to support climbing plants such as tomatoes or cucumbers makes a straw bale garden more productive, says Joel Karsten, author of Straw Bale Gardens Complete. ( Jen Daugherty ...

Gardening with straw bales is like container gardening, except the container is compostable and it's nutritious for the plants it cradles. It's also like raised-bed gardening, but without the wood ...

Terrible garden soil? Or even no soil? No problem. Yes, you can garden! Straw bale gardening uses a bale as the medium in which you plant. You won't have to dig in rocky or hard soil, and it ...

Combining container gardening with vegetable gardening, straw bale gardening breaks the notion that plants can only grow in soil as these dirtless gardens plans will cause your plants to explode ...

Day 2 — Water thoroughly. Day 3 — Fertilize and water as on Day 1, skipping the initial saturation. Day 4 — Water thoroughly. Day 5 — Fertilize and water as on Day 3.

Here’s the method that has made Karsten the go-to guru for straw bale gardening: 1. Source your straw. You can toss the dice like I did and purchase straw bales from your local garden center, but it’s ...

With straw-bale gardening, you grow your fresh herbs, flowers, root crops and garden favorites in nothing more than a bale of straw. Like lasagna gardening, which I discussed last week, ...

Straw bale gardens are becoming popular with growers plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Straw bale gardening ...

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Get started gardening in driveway planters. Here are easy straw bale gardening instructions to add some food and flowers to your sunny driveway. I was smitten with my driveway last summer. For ...

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