What about mold on the bales, isn’t mold bad?
Plants growing in a bale with mold on it, actually benefit from the mold as mold is a decomposer, helping to break down the substrate into soil.
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What side of the bale goes up? What if my strings are on that side?
We prefer to have the cut side of the bale facing up. The open stem ends allow easier penetration of the granular fertilizer and the water.
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How to find Straw Bales for FREE!
Once one becomes a fan of the Straw Bale Gardening method, it is amazing how many bales turn up in strange places.
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Why Straw Bale Gardening?
Growing a successful vegetable garden is difficult enough if you have terrific soil to plant your garden into, but with
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Can I do this where I live?
The short answer here is absolutely yes. This method of gardening works very well from areas inside the Arctic Circle,
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Who should plant a Straw Bale Garden?
Using many of the tips and tricks Joel offers in his classes and the written material he offers as a
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How can I learn more?
Joel started teaching “Straw Bale Gardening” at a community education class in the spring of 2008. Since then, he’s become
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Who created this website?
Joel Karsten is a certified Nursery and Landscape Professional through the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association. He also holds a
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Straw Bale Gardening segment on Public T.V.
This is a short segment I did recently with KSMQ Public T.V. in Austin MN on a show called “Garden Connections”. Check it out if you are curious about Straw Bale Gardening.
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Imagine turning your front lawn into a vegetable garden!
This is an image sent to me by someone who purchased my first guide booklet, “A guide to growing a straw bale garden” and made a decision to turn her entire front yard into a garden
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