It's surprisingly effective, turning the bale into a kind of natural planter. The Garden Family on YouTube offers a great ...

There’s another way to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and lots of other vegetables. One option you may not have considered yet is a hay bale garden, More than 20 years ago, Straw Bale ...

Straw bale gardening is an alternative way to vegetable garden ... suffer from aches and pains when bending or kneeling. Avoid hay bales. Hay bales have grass seed, which can cause a weed problem ...

When I moved into my new Philadelphia rowhouse, I was determined to grow the vegetable garden that had ... there’s a chance your straw (or, worse, hay that was sold as straw) contains its own seed. If ...

This summer, with my garden deconstructed amid renovations, I decided to experiment with a temporary measure: growing ... bales for my beds, but any kind of straw works fine. Just avoid hay ...

Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for alfalfa, or hay, leading to record profits. Alfalfa isn't typically seen as a cash crop around the QCA. Most farmers that grow the ...

Obermann’s wall of ribbons continues to grow ... bales on five cuttings in 2017. The rest of his 200-acre farm is in a rotation of wheat, soybean and he also raises straight grass hay.