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Jerry Coleby-Williams uses straw bales as garden edges - I dont think he plants into them. I found it at our local feed seed in a 50lbs bag for less than 10.

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His idea is gaining momentum among gardeners with the release last month of his book Straw Bale Gardens Cool Springs Press 1999.

Straw bale gardening forum. I use a soaker hose and do it twice a day for 45 minutes. Straw bale gardening is one of several options for dealing with poor soil. As someone posted in our Community Forum just a few hours ago.

These tests determine the pH level of the soil assess its fertility and the health of microorganism colonies and provide information about which amendments are needed. Takes 1-10 days to prepare your bales. Joined May 2 2017 Messages 2 Reaction score 0 Country.

Get Answers to Your Gardening Questions in our Community Forum - Its Free. The soil beneath a pile of rotten hay or straw improves marvelously after a year or so leaving a patch of humus-rich earthworm-populated earth. Of course I got to thinking about it and wonder if I should pick up a few extra bales.

Keep on racin Frank. You May Also Enjoy. Joel my knees thank you.

Alternative Gardening Discussion Forum The typical garden patch will always be popular for growing flowers fruits and vegetables. If this is your first visit be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You can trim the straw bale with small scissors to make it perfect.

Larger garden supply stores not Lowes should be able to lead you in the right direction. But there are other methods for growing plants. Straw Bale Gardening has become incredibly popular in locations all around the world simply because it has so many advantages.

Watch Joels Straw Bale Garden grow as you slide the arrows across the photo. Theyre like growbags at a fraction of the cost and without the plastic waste. Upside is great insulation with the straw think straw bale houses.

The straw decomposes over the growing season producing compost that feeds the plants. You could consider straw bale gardening a form of composting and gardening simultaneously. It blends the transitions between the layers.

The way he does it you need a flat space and plenty of it. Just sign up right here to get access to our instructional guide. In Karstens method the bale is used as both a container and a growing medium.

May 2 2017 1 My pole beans cukes and squash leaves all have dry brown edges circling the entire leaf. Love the idea of a DRIVEWAY GARDEN. But planting into the bale - dont know how thats done without breaking the bale.

As well you need a constant supply of bales since they compost eventually. I was gonna plant just some tomatoes and peppers in a few straw bales this season. Start date May 2 2017.

I am checking bales for water and temp and seems ok. From hydroponics to strawbale gardens as well as community garden plots and self-contained boxes. Would be awesome to see pics if someone.

Nature Is an EXTREME ComposterYou Can Be Too. Straw bale garden in July. Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening.

No more crawling around Straw Bale Gardening makes it possible to enjoy growing and harvesting without all the aches and pains caused by hard manual labor or. You can have your soil tested by a local Cooperative Extension Office or you can do it yourself. Its amazing to hear from so many enthusiastic fans of the method by email in posts on our Straw Bale Garden Club Forum and through messages on social media every day.

Straw bale garden problems. Straw bale gardening is a gardening technique where the bales acts as natural containers for your plants. I stuck them to the track by using a glue gun.

One mat 60 x 120 cm is big enough for at least a hundred straw bales. Sprinkle the bales with 12 cup ammonium nitrate 32-0-0 per bale per day water well. Water bales thoroughly keep them wet.

Put a thread around or not they look good without threads too and thats it. This makes it a great choice for anyone with hard soil or no soil at all as all the magic takes place above the surface of the ground. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decay the straw becomes conditioned compost that creates an extraordinary plant rooting environment.

The main difference is that the container is the straw bale itself and is held together with two or three strings.

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