In 2012, Joel Karsten wrote a book called "Straw Bale Gardening" that spurred a new way of raising vegetables by literally planting them in bales of straw. This method certainly hasn't replaced ...

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 ...

Tonya Ashworth plants a straw bale garden, and Mr. D. demonstrates how to use garden math. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, garden expert Tonya Ashworth shows how to prepare ...

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 ...

Some gardening tasks (despite being good exercise) are just not very enjoyable. Digging in red clay, weeding and bending over to pick bush beans come to mind as three seasonal “pains.” Enter growing ...

You may want to pick up wheat straw bales to keep for your vegetable garden next year. Gardeners like Bea Waggener of Newport News are discovering the advantages of gardening in bales, especially when ...

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 ...

I am excited to report that my straw bale garden yielded some very nice vegetables! If you read Part I of my article, you know that I decided on straw bale gardening so that the garden soil could be ...

Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable in the world, so it’s not surprising that they’re one of the most frequently grown food plants. That might be because they’re relatively easy to grow. But it ...

Some gardening tasks (despite being good exercise) are just not very enjoyable. Digging in red clay, weeding and bending over to pick bush beans come to mind as three seasonal "pains." Enter growing ...