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 ...

Not Conditioning the Bales Properly. One of the most critical steps in straw bale gardening is conditioning the bales. This process involves adding water and fertilizer to the bales over a period ...

The downsides of straw bale gardening. Over the course of the 12 days of conditioning the bales, mushrooms begin sprouting from the bales. The mushrooms are a sign that the bales are composting, ...

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 ...

Straw bale gardening combines container gardening and raised-bed gardening into one green-thumb package. You can grow many vegetables, fruits and flowers in a straw bale garden, Trinklein said.

A straw bale garden is a great solution if you are not handy with building raised beds. Yeah, not so much for me. - That's me. - Or if you have limited space. Let's say you have mostly concrete.

Straw bales take up little space and produce almost anything you can grow in an in-ground garden, said Brooke Edmunds, a horticulturist with Oregon State University Extension Service.

Cucumbers, corn and zucchini thrive after being planted in straw bales in a Michigan garden.This July 2023 image provided by Adrienne Reeves shows cucumbers, corn and zucchini growing in straw ...

Actually, straw bale/mortar home construction is a big industry. In the garden, straw bales are big, too. Skip to main content Skip to main content. Register for more free articles. Sign up for ...