Compost is black gold! It is the darling of the vegetable gardening community. So much so that people will spend untold hours and lots of back breaking labor creating it. This effort seems justified ...

It’s fall. All those straw bales you see around can be more than decorative. If you want to start gardening and are faced with rocky soil, hard pan, clay or you’re just tired of bending over, you ...

For about $5 to $10 you can pick up a bale of straw at your local hardware store or nursery. That means you can have a lot of fun without threshing your wallet. Once your bale has served its purpose, ...

Gardening season is in full swing and there are lots of questions out there. Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...

If you’d like to install a raised bed but don’t have the resources to build one, you can achieve the same effect by growing your plants in straw bales. It’s also a great option for those with poor ...

Straw bale gardens work well for veggies, herbs, and flowers but not perennials or larger plants. Bales need to be conditions for at least 12 days with water and fertilizer before planting. Plant ...

Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. This technique allows gardeners to create raised bed gardens on a patio, lawn or any area with poor compacted soil.

When Joel Karsten was growing up on a farm in Minnesota, he noticed how lushly weeds grew from rotting bales of straw. That made him wonder: If straw worked so well for growing weeds, wouldn’t it work ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Winter composting may take a little more effort, but it's well worth it to keep a pile going. There are a couple things you'll need to do that vary from your summer routine. Like ...

A compost thermometer shows the temperature in the middle of a compost pile in the straw bale composting pile at the Wake Forest University Campus Garden. The ambient temperature was about 50 degrees.

If you'd like to install a raised bed but don't have the resources to build one, you can achieve the same effect by growing your plants in straw bales. It’s also a great option for those with poor ...