Planning, Conditioning, and Setting Up Our Bales
I don’t want to get into a huge discussion on how to condition, plan and prep our bales. If you want to know how we […]
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Simple Whipped Salad | Straw Bale Garden Recipes
There are a lot of simple ways to make a great salad. This recipe will show you how to make a great whipped fresh salad. […]
Trimming Tomato Plants
Today we are trimming tomato plants in the straw bale garden. You are reading a post in our series on straw bale gardening. We are following […]
First Review of Straw Bale Gardening One Month In.
Today, I am going to give you my first review of straw bale gardening. We are one month into a series on straw bale gardening. We […]
Do Straw Bale Gardens Prevent Weeds?
YES! Straw bale gardens do prevent weeds! Oh my gosh. I can’t believe how well it works. This post is part of a series on […]
How To Train A Plant Up A Trellis | Straw Bale Gardening
In an earlier post, I showed how to build a system of trellis’ in your garden for your plants to grow up. Today, I am […]
How to Seed a Straw Bale Garden
This post explains how to seed a straw bale garden and is part of a larger series on straw bale gardening. We are following Joel […]
Bales are Getting Hot. When Can I Plant? | Straw Bale Conditioning
How do I know when my bales are ready to plant? Straw bale conditioning explained. One question I have asked quite a bit it “how […]
Straw Bale Garden Conditioning
I embarrassingly admit that last year when I first saw straw bale gardening I thought the plants were just planted in straw. What actually happens […]
Another Kind of Trellis | Joel Karsten – Straw Bale Gardening
Hey Joel – What are those wires and boards for above the straw bales? Joel Karsten was available for this video explaining how to make […]
Straw Bale Gardening – My Bale is Falling Over
Hey Joel! My straw bale garden is tipping over! What do I do?! Listen to Joel’s response here: If you want to learn more about […]
Planting a Straw Bale Garden with seeds vs. potted plants
If you are following our series on straw bale gardening. You are right in the middle of planting and starting seeds! Live Dan330 has collaborated […]
Watering a Straw Bale Garden
This post is written by Joel Karsten for LiveDan330.com We are fortunate to live a couple of miles from THE expert in straw bale gardening, […]
Straw Bale Gardening Mushrooms in your bale
This post is about straw bale gardening mushrooms showing up in your bale. Straw Bale Gardening is becoming more and more popular. A new type […]
Does Straw Bale Gardening Really Work?
In late June we did an article on Straw Bale Gardening. We published it on Hometalk and it generated a lot of comments and quite […]
Straw Bale Gardening
Gardeners are always looking for ways to make their gardens more productive. The latest trend is growing vegetables in straw bales, a method that resembles […]