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[https://www.thespruce.com/straw-bale-gardening-848248 by Kerry Michaels 7/10/24 the spruce] | [https://www.thespruce.com/straw-bale-gardening-848248 by Kerry Michaels 7/10/24 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. | 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. | ||
=====Straw bale gardening in rainy climate #312128===== | |||
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Hello. I'm about ready to try straw bale gardening around my house. I have found little information on how successful this approach is in a rainy climate. Really the only tip specific to this type of climate I have found is to possibly wrap the bales in plastic to encourage their heating up during the conditioning phase. My concern is more about what happens after the bales have been conditioned and planted. Is there an increased chance of mold or fungus using straw bales compared to a traditional raised bed garden if it's a rainy summer? Are there any steps that could/should be taken in a rainy climate using the bale method of gardening? | |||
