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| K-Falls Farmgirl |
Posted - Apr 19 2010 : 10:29:33 AM
Has anyone had experience with planting veggies in strawbales? I have read a bit about it and it appears to be a great way to get the most from small space & bad soil..
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| Gloria Bonde |
Posted - Apr 25 2010 : 6:15:50 PM
There is a great book called: Lasagna Gardening where you build up a garden spot with leaves, straw, newspaper, etc and then on the top a little top soil and plant. I remember the author said she had made a garden on the most packed down, no soil. At the end of the season the tall bed has compressed and made compost/soil. Has anyone ever tried that method.
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| remembrance farmgirl |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 6:18:54 PM
I did that once......never put in soil LOL......didnt do so well!!! hahahah
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| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 5:39:46 PM
That sounds cool. We had a bale of hay sitting around in our community garden, and I noticed after a wet winter that something was sprouting out of the top. Never occurred to me to actually plant seeds in one!
Amy from Lompoc
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| Annab |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 5:31:48 PM
You actually prepare the bales by saturating them with water and planting seeds or little plants in the bales themselves
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| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 9:41:55 PM
Is a straw bale garden where you use straw bales to create a raised bed and then fill it with soil? I just read about that somewhere and wondered how well it worked!
Amy from Lompoc
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Apr 19 2010 : 2:17:31 PM
I have done it and it does work well. You just have to remember to water and fertilize a little more often. My DH wrapped ours in plastic sheets and would pull back the plastic when it was supposed to rain so water could get in. The plastic reduces evaporation enough it made it worth it to buy a couple of rolls for us.
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