Hay bale gardening

Today we have a great article by a wonderful friend of mine, Melana MacLeod. For anyone who has wanted to know how to or is curious about straw bale gardening then you will love this post! Enjoy! Straw Bale Gardening by Melana MacLeod Straw Bale Gardening...Part 1 I had been asked to blog about Straw Bale Gardening. Can you say "easier than dirt"? In fact, you do NOT plant in the ground....you plant in bales of Straw. It's easy, you can garden anywhere and in any climate. It's also great for…

Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, straw bale planting is easy and fun for the whole family. From tomatoes to spinach, plenty of vegetables can be grown in these unique planters.

Hay Bale Gardening Problems - working through this experimental way of gardening...

Hay bales provide an excellent venue for growing produce, even (especially!) for beginning gardeners. Horticulturist Joel Karsten began growing bumper crops in straw bales after college. Today, this bestselling author’s method has proven successful in nearly every global environment. He even teaches people in impoverished nations how to grow their own produce in straw. Karsten’s bale technique can help gardeners raise tantalizing tomatoes earlier than others who follow a more conventional…

Straw Bale Gardening provides many advantages over traditional soil gardening, some of which have already been alluded to: no weed seeds, no disease or insect carry over, and a neutral pH which allow you to grow essentially anything with roots.

First things first: Hay bale gardening bales are most often made of straw. They're a smart, economical version of container gardening, by any name.

If you're short on space, try making a hay bale garden.

We arranged and rearranged our straw bales. Once we got them in the configuration we wanted, we began conditioning. We followed the organic guide for conditioning in Joel Karsten’s book, R…

Growing veggies in straw bales is easy. It allows you to grow without having to turn the soil and creates the perfect environment for optimal growth. Learn all the steps required for straw bale gardening here. #vegetablegardening #gardeningtips

The first thing you’ll need to start hay bale gardening is getting your hands on hay bales. Preparation of the bales will be done over 10 days.