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 =====Straw Bale Gardening=====
 [https://strawbalegardens.com/ by Joel Karsten Straw Bale Gardens 28/01/2026]
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   Once that bale gets wet (details below), it'll grow much heavier and harder to move, so make sure it's where you want it to stay. If you pick a grassy area, put several layers of newspaper or a piece of cardboard underneath to keep grass and weeds from growing up into the bale. Or, if you want to give your bale a more polished, upscale look, consider building a simple, handsome frame to hold it. Ours (pictured above) has casters on the bottom for easy movement, making it perfect for a deck or patio. Use these step-by-step directions to build our Straw Bale Frame. (Tip: You'll want to condition the bale nearby before you put it in the frame, to avoid getting conditioning-related runoff on your deck.)
-=====DON'T FORGET TO KEEP YOUR GARDEN SAFE=====
+=====Beginner's Guide to Straw Bale Gardening=====
 [https://www.saferbrand.com/articles/beginners-guide-to-straw-bale-gardening?srsltid=AfmBOooLd72ZSXEedaony16vetL6Tp3Q36uayyAmTysih8aOxMgKmVgD by Safer]
   What is straw bale gardening? Straw bales can be used like raised beds in the yard so that no additional soil is needed. There is a difference between straw and hay, so you’ll want to use straw bales, not hay bales, if possible. Hay is grass and straw is stalk — think grains like barley and wheat after the harvest instead of dried grass.
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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56Fs5UT5uY by OklahomaGardening 22/3/19 YouTube]
   Learn how to prepare straw bales for gardening. This video details a 14-day conditioning process using fertilizer and water. The process involves monitoring the bales' temperature to ensure proper decomposition.
+=====Straw bale Gardening Prep to Plant to Harvest -Straight to the Point=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfItdfkRikU by The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener 6/3/16 YouTube]
+ In this video I show you from start to finish the process of growing squash in a bale. It is very simple and we were really pleased with the results even though we were growing on a west facing bank. It is cheap, easy to do and a fun project for anyone growing food. Become a supporter of HuwsNursery:   / huwsnursery
+=====THE GODFATHER OF STRAW BALE GARDENING - Joel Karsten=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvhMfpwFXs by Brew City Gardener 16/3/19 YouTube]
+ Our VERY FIRST video was a tour of our garden. Three years later after that video, it has evolved into an entirely new setup, which is why we're showing you all what it looks like in 2019! We've got a lot more in our garden to show in the future, so make sure you subscribe to stay updated. : )
+=====Podcast Episode 3: Container Gardening, Straw Bale Gardening.=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt5c8KalY0A by Oklahoma County OSU Extension 11/5/22 YouTube]
+ In this episode, we cover tips for successful container gardening with ornamentals and vegetables and discuss how to build a straw bale garden.
+=====How to Grow a Straw Bale FLOWER Garden=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvZQcLhVaig by Straw Bale Garden Club . COM 21/2/22 YouTube]
+ Joel Karsten from StrawBaleGardenClub.com explains how easy it is to plant a Straw Bale FLOWER Garden, and grow beautiful options by planting seeds or bulbs like dahlias or lilies.
+Straw Bale Gardening allows you to grow an amazing harvest of vegetables, of course, but you can also add to the inside beauty of your home by setting up a Straw Bale Flower garden just to have a source for cut-flowers to display in a vase.
+This method is especially helpful at the end of the growing season, because it's incredibly simple to gather your bulbs and store when outside temperatures are too cold to leave them in place. It's just like harvesting potatoes from a Straw Bale Garden; you cut the strings of your bale, and let the straw collapse out to the sides, and it's as simple as collecting the bulbs or tubers from the middle of the pile. Then you can use all of that nutrient-rich organic material to top off your planter pots, or even spread it on your lawn.
+Visit our primary website, StrawBaleGardenClub.com to find almost 100 free videos about Straw Bale Gardening, along with a forum where you can get answers to your questions directly from Joel Karsten himself, find invitations to our monthly online Community Chat events, and discover many more resources to help inspire and support you in your gardening efforts, (including BaleBuster® - our specially formulated All-in-One bale conditioning product for Straw Bale Gardeners).
+=====Setting Up A Straw Bale Garden-Let's Get Started=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y5W3sVnGy4 by Gardening With Tracy 25/3/20 YouTube]
+ I decided to change the layout of my garden this year due to some irrigation issues I was having. I thought I would show you the set up from start to finish.  This video is about setting up the Straw Bale Garden. It will provide instruction on choosing the right location, the right bales, placement of the bales, and setting up the support posts and trellis wires.  If you follow these instructions you will have your garden ready for conditioning.  This video describes in detail the purpose for t-posts and trellis wires running across each row.
+One thing I forgot to mention, you can have as big or little a garden as you want or have room for.  You can also put your bales on a driveway or patio if wanted. You would not have to use any cloth, cardboard, or mulch under the bales if you put on solid surface.  Just figure out where you want to put it and go from there.
+If you have any questions please feel free to shoot me a question.  I look forward to hearing from you.
+=====SECOND YEAR GROWING VEGETABLES IN STRAW BALES What I’ve Learned So Far=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MCA_ad4yk by Workshop at The Gardens 2/8/21 YouTube]
+ SECOND YEAR GROWING VEGETABLES IN STRAW BALES What I’ve Learned So Far -At Home in The Gardens with Glenn
+Hey hi! Glenn here! I am at home in my gardens… thanks for joining me. We are starting out a new season of gardening and I’m taking you along with me. Last year was all about getting the garden rejuvenated and this year picks up with that garden. I also added straw bale gardening to the list last year. Thanks to Joel “The Straw bale Garden Guy” for helping me out in getting stared with growing vegetables in straw bales. The garden results from my first year were great… so I decided to add more bales to the garden this year! Straw bale gardening is great way to start home gardening for beginners.  You can use organic fertilizer to condition your bales, so it makes it easy to have an organic garden at home. I don’t think I would classify straw bale gardening as a gardening hack, it a real great way to garden and grow a lot of food. It’s most definitely easier to start out with the garden that was readied in the fall. Make sure to check out the play list from last season of At Home in The Gardens for a lot of ideas on how to get started gardening. This video is about getting started I the spring with soil prep and overall garden prep. Watching the weather is always important to know when the last frost might be… when soil temps will be good for planting Thanks for checking out the video. Leave a comment about your gardens. Please subscribe to the channel! Again, thank you for watching! ~ Enjoy!!
+=====An Introduction to Bale Gardening - The Pros and Cons of Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLrJOsV5RDw by Brew City Gardener 8/4/19 YouTube]
+ Are you ready to start your straw bale garden but you aren't sure how to find bales for your garden? I have a few tips to help you find bales for your garden or anything else you may need straw bales or hay bales. Thanks for watching!
+=====Growing Maine Gardeners: How to Establish a Straw Bale Garden, Part I: Site Selection and Prep=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jArDqSOYbAo by The University of Maine 28/4/20 YouTube]
+ I did one season of straw bale gardening, using 23 bales. Though it has worked beautifully for some, it was a big pain in my ass! We had Water&evaporation issues, slug&earwig infestations, nutrient deficiencies, herbicides, and the combined costs of preparation and water, totaling over $600.   And, when I had mentioned these problems on Joel Karsten';s site, he personally emailed me and called me an asshole! Na. This method is just an old novelty that people, like Karsten, have used to sell books and products. Though, I am grateful that my difficulties had caused me to learn much more about gardening. This year is no dig w/ compost mulch.
+=====Planting Straw Bale Gardens=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC0vO3lHucE by Survival HT 21/1/15 YouTube]
+ Updates to the conditioning bales video. This video focuses on how to plant straw or hay bale gardens and shows some early progress of plant growth
+This video shows how to plant a straw bale garden. The speaker explains how to prepare the bales, plant seeds and starts, and water the garden. They also discuss the benefits of straw bale gardening, such as low maintenance and the ability to grow a variety of plants.
+=====Straw Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RIxlFAQVA by Hobby Farms 17/9/20 YouTube]
+ Russell Graves walks viewers through the steps to choosing, conditioning and planting a straw bale garden.
+=====Extending the season with STRAW BALE GARDENING=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVhG4jSGHI by Short Season Garden 2/8/21 YouTube]
+ The advantages of STRAW BALE GARDENING include a weed-free, disease-free inexpensive raised bed garden that makes it easy to extend the season with a natural greenhouse environment protecting seedlings from frost in a cold climate garden.
+=====An Introduction to Bale Gardening - The Pros and Cons of Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLrJOsV5RDw&list=PLi7sOUOzSUpMs-kYTuwX_S79bEpvenSod&index=1 by Brew City Gardener 8/4/19 YouTube]
+ In this video I give an brief introduction to bale gardening, the pros and cons and how it works!
+For more information and resources see the links I have provided:
+ "The Global Straw Bale Gardener's Collective" Facebook Group:
+https://www.facebook.com/groups/24007...
+=====Straw Bale Gardening: Turn a Straw Bale Into a Thriving Garden in Just a Few Steps!=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2zKoesd5qQ by Growing Spaces Greenhouses 17/5/24 YouTube]
+ Filling raised beds with topsoil can get expensive. In this video, we show you how to use straw bales as a growing medium also called straw bale gardening. This gardening method is cost-effective and really easy to do! It is important to source your straw carefully and avoid any brands that are treated with herbicides and pesticides. We learned about this method from a fellow Growing Dome owner and adapted it to work within our existing garden beds.
+=====Straw Bale Gardening - The INSTANT & AFFORDABLE way to Grow 🌾=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWnT9Vzh8QU by Expedition Homestead 15/4/25 YouTube]
+ Spring has arrived in Wisconsin and it's time to start getting our straw bale garden ready! Today we are introducing this garden space and idea to you all and our next video will cover prepping the staw bales for the growing season!
+Straw bale gardening has become a popular method for growing veggies and flowers—especially for folks dealing with poor soil or limited space. Here are the main benefits:
+=====Straw Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmDhVhqSXNw by P. Allen Smith 31/3/12 YouTube]
+ Here's a new approach to raised bed gardening. Watch this video to receive instructions for planting in a straw bale.
+=====From the Ground Up: Straw Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEfMcUjh5FY by VirginiaFarmBureau 20/6/24 YouTube]
+ Get ready to try out a fun new gardening hobby this summer! 🌱 Chris Mullins with Virginia Cooperative Extension shows us how straw bale gardening makes it easy to grow your own plants and produce in From the Ground Up.
+=====Growing Vegetables in Old Straw Bales=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JswiXDwOTiY by Growfully with Jenna 10/9/20 YouTube]
+ Can growing vegetables in straw bales truly have great results? I set up my own straw bale gardening experiment this year to see. Some vegetables worked better for me than others growing in straw bales- see which ones in this video. I explain my straw bale garden setup from start to finish, as well as some tips for success and vegetables which performed very well grown in straw bales.
+Some of the links included here are affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. I will only recommend items I love and should you choose to make a purchase, it helps support the channel! Thank you! 💚
+=====Make a Straw-Bale Garden=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqkZseJ6rZI by Fine Gardening 19/8/24 YouTube]
+ Four hay bales and some compost are all you need to set up this nifty biodegradable garden bed. Amy Stewart shows you how.
+=====How to Begin "Hay Bale" Gardening or How to Start a Straw Bale Garden=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YlEsdXMft8 by PREPSTEADERS 22/3/19 YouTube]
+ Learn how to build a straw bale garden, even in an urban environment! This tutorial demonstrates prepping the bales over two weeks, including fertilization and watering techniques. The video also covers planning and plant selection for optimal growth.
+=====Straw Bale Gardening in Arizona Low Desert=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtBi_MGHnQA by All Purpose Mom 20/7/20 YouTube]
+ We began a straw bale garden in our Arizona backyard  in March of 2020. In the beginning I thought I would do a day by day, of the conditioning process or that I would have a series on straw bale gardening. However, as time went on it just became a part of how we gardened. Five months later during the hottest part of our dry summer, I thought it would be great to do a recap. First I explain the basics of straw bale gardening. Next, we go back to March to the very first day of conditioning the bale for growing and I explain the process. Then we jump forward to the future to chat about some of the things I didn’t like about straw bale gardening, watering the bales, if we would do it again and where we got our bales.
+=====108 Bob's LIVE: Straw Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkqAfQL0AFg by Bob's Market & Greenhouses Inc 7/6/22 YouTube]
+ This is a presentation on straw bale gardening shared with the North Hills, WV Garden Club on June 2, 2022.
+=====Straw Bale Gardening, will I do it again?=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhGxPjLLJo by Digwell Greenfingers 30/12/24 YouTube]
+ Well here we go with my last video for 2024, a summary of my straw bale gardening for the year.
+Was it worth it?
+=====013 Straw Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSiDzb9ae4 by Bob's Market & Greenhouses Inc 26/8/24 YouTube]
+ Straw bale gardening is one of the simplest and most intuitive gardening methods I've come across. In this episode we meet Joel Karsten, inventor of straw bale gardening.
+=====Condition Straw Bales for Gardening – Grow Veggies Without Soil!=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-a352iiDg by Expedition Homestead 12/6/25 YouTube]
+ 🌱 Ready to start a straw bale garden? In this video, we walk you through how to prepare and condition straw bales step-by-step so they’re ready to grow healthy vegetables without traditional soil! Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your results, this guide will help you set up your bales the right way from day one.
+=====How to Create a Straw Bale Garden=====
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvwUSYOt7Q4 by Milorganite Fertilizer 17/2/16 YouTube]
+ Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. This technique allows gardeners to create raised bed gardens on a patio, lawn or any area with poor compacted soil.  All that is needed are a few straw bales, Milorganite fertilizer, compost, time to condition, plants or seeds, and water.
+=====How to Start Straw Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.thespruce.com/straw-bale-gardening-848248 by Kerry Michaels 10/7/24 the spruce]
+ Any kind of raised bed makes for an easy, convenient garden, but one especially effective technique is straw bale gardening.1 Sometimes known as bale gardening, or hay bale gardening, a straw bale garden uses ordinary farmer's straw as the principal growing medium. When you condition a straw bale for gardening with a small amount of potting soil, compost, and fertilizer, the straw itself breaks down gradually, providing its own nutrients throughout the growing season.
+=====Sledge Straw Bale Plant Box=====
+[https://www.instructables.com/Sledge-Straw-Bale-Plant-Box/ by Erientes in Living AUTODESK Instructables]
+ I had this broken sledge laying around in the garage and figured it would be a nice extra in my garden if I would make a plant box out of it. For a while, I wanted to have lavender in my garden, so after the plant box was finished I planted lavender. The result is a movable and nice looking plant box.
+=====Hay Bale Gardening=====
+[https://www.instructables.com/Hay-Bale-Gardening/ by moonshine88 in Living AUTODESK Instructables]
+ I have a really big gopher issue and them eating my tree roots and any flowers or vegetables I plant. this set up doesn't "eliminate" the pests but it doesn't feed the. now either. Also it will be easier to maintain as there are little to no weeds to pull and sitting on your knees to plant, fertilize, and harvest is nice since everything is at chest level and you don't have to bend over. plus you can sit on them and work if you like too!
+=====Straw Mulch: Uses and Benefits=====
+[https://www.thespruce.com/straw-mulch-uses-and-benefits-7111526 by Barbara Gillette 28/2/23 the spruce]
+ When you're starting a new lawn, planting a strawberry bed, or wanting to improve your soil, straw mulch is a practical, inexpensive choice. It's a natural product, packaged in two standard-sized, rectangular bales made up of flattened flakes bound tightly with string. Dimensions vary depending on the size of the machine used, but a small bale is a 2-string with the larger size sold as a 3-string. You can find straw mulch at home improvement stores, garden centers, and feed stores.

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