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 ...

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 creates ...

Local gardeners are experimenting with straw bales, taking advantage of the internal composting to help their garden grow. As a little boy growing up on a Minnesota farm, Joel Karsten wondered why the ...

Have you heard of straw bale gardening? I visited someone who tried it. The pointers and directions follow from the experience the grower had. Straw bale gardening is an option for people who have ...

You’ve all heard, “Hay is for horses.” Some people think that it is also great for growing plants. It isn’t. Technically, the bales to garden with are straw bales, such as wheat or barley, with little ...

So it's time to plant and you haven't even tilled your garden yet, or maybe don't even have a garden space to till. Straw bales can offer a temporary planting option to see you through the season.

Do you want to grow your own vegetables, but have minimal garden space, poor or heavy clay soil, or limited financial resources? Do you manage or want to begin a school or community garden, but need ...

You may want to pick up wheat-straw bales to keep for your vegetable garden next year. Gardeners like Bea Waggener of Newport News are discovering the advantages of gardening in bales, especially when ...

I was at meeting last night, and someone mentioned an article from the New York Times about straw bale gardening. I've never heard of such an approach. Apparently you add a little soil, plant the ...

When I moved into my new Philadelphia rowhouse, I was determined to grow the vegetable garden that had eluded me all those years in a cramped Manhattan apartment. But reality struck with the first ...

Farmer Stanley Wise will present a program about Gardening with Hay Bales on the second Saturday, March 9, at 10:30. He will give information about being successful at preparing the bales and then ...