Prep the location where you want your garden to be by leveling raised spots with a shovel, pulling out large weeds, and mowing the grass short. If weeds or grass were already growing in the area, lay ...

You're Going to Love These Tips For Growing Veggies in a Hay Bale Garden originally appeared on Parade Home & Garden. Soil's great, but there are so many creative ways to grow plants without it. Think ...

Would you like to grow your own vegetables this year but simply don’t have a good garden spot? Or perhaps you want to start small and wish to avoid all the digging, weeding, and backbreaking work.

Local gardeners are experimenting with straw bales, taking advantage of the internal composting to help their garden grow. As a little boy growing up on a Minnesota farm, Joel Karsten wondered why the ...

Straw bale gardening is an alternative way to vegetable garden. Plants and seeds are grown in straw bales rather than soil. It is a great way to grow annual vegetables, herbs, or flowers in an area ...

Do you want to grow your own vegetables, but have minimal garden space, poor or heavy clay soil, or limited financial resources? Do you manage or want to begin a school or community garden, but need ...

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.

Straw bale gardens are becoming popular with growers plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Straw bale gardening combines ...

CORVALLIS – A lack of space needn’t keep you from a bounty of fresh produce if you turn to straw bales for planting edible gardens. Straw bales take up little space and produce almost anything you can ...

Gardening is one of the most popular hobbies in America. Vegetable gardens offer not only the fun of watching things grow, but also the healthful benefits of fresh produce and control over your ...