Get your copy of the award winning best-seller, STRAW BALE GARDENS COMPLETE, by Joel Karsten, the original pioneer of the Straw Bale Gardens method.
This book is perfect for anyone who has never gardened before, or for someone who’s already an expert. It makes a wonderful reference for everyone interested in Straw Bale Gardening.
Filled with illustrations and charts that communicate the unique aspects of this garden method, the book is beautiful to look through and yet the glossary of plants and the specifics of spacing and selection of varieties, as it applies to growing in bales is very valuable technical information that every new Straw Bale Gardener will need.
This book is easy to read, and provides answers to questions for the first time gardener that they haven’t thought to ask. A wonderful addition to anyone’s horticultural library.
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Just follow the step-by-step instructions for the conditioning process and your bale will be ready to plant on Day 12. You’ll be harvesting within a few weeks!
Straw Bale Gardening is a simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is actually the straw bale itself, held together with two or three strings; the outside crust of the bale serves as the container. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decompose, the straw becomes “conditioned” and ready to plant. The step by step process of conditioning creates an extraordinarily productive, warm, moist and nutrient rich rooting environment for young seedlings. Getting the straw bales conditioned is an essential part of the process, and should be started approximately two weeks prior to the target planting date in your area. This planting date varies greatly depending on where you are in the world but this gardening technique works anywhere in the world for seasonal spring/summer or for winter gardens.
The short answer here is absolutely yes. This method of gardening works very well from areas inside the Arctic Circle, to the heat of the Caribbean. If you can find bales of straw, or similar bales of tightly compressed organic material, you can garden this way. Simply replacing existing soil with a “container” filled with beautiful “conditioned” compost as your growing media. From arid desert regions to the rainiest places in the world, if you have access to sunlight and water then this method of growing will work. No special tools are required, and no knowledge of gardening is really required to be successful. The elimination of many of the most common problems associated with vegetable gardening, makes this method great for beginning gardeners, organic growers, or those experienced gardeners that are just tired of all the hard work.
Straw bale gardens are not soil dependent, so you can grow your garden anywhere!
Absolutely! You can even make your own DIY Leaf-and-Lawn “straw” bales using yard waste and compostable materials.
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“Many years ago, when I first started growing a vegetable garden using my own unique straw bale gardening method instead of soil, I had no idea how that would transform backyard gardening for millions!”
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