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 ...

Looking for that result, Barry Kreider in 2002 built a large straw bale house in Akron. His family lives in about 3,000 square feet on two floors styled like a ranch house in a suburban neighborhood.

A dozen large straw bales were alight at the site of a sugar beet storage clamp. A single hose reel was used to bring the flames under control while the farmer removed bales not involved in fire ...

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 ...

Premium horse hay, small squares, $12/bale. Stock cow ... Soybean stalks, large rounds, $85-$95. Wheat straw, large rounds and large squares, $105-$115. For the week ending March 30 142 tons ...

$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.

“Straw bale gardening is simply planting vegetables into a straw ... Taller, larger or heavier plants could knock the bale off balance, catch too much wind or simply be too large to plant in a single ...