Straw Bale Gardening

Q: Have you ever heard of planting vegetables into bales of wheat straw? How do you do this?
A: It’s not terribly hard to do…and it’s pretty miraculous how fast vegetables grow in the bales.
Here’s a good link with all the directions:
And a website and book devoted to it: Straw Bale Gardens
PLUS a local gardener’s success story!

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