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[https://sierranewsonline.com/growing-a-straw-bale-garden/ by Sue Langley 12/7/13 SIERRA NEWS ONLINE] | [https://sierranewsonline.com/growing-a-straw-bale-garden/ by Sue Langley 12/7/13 SIERRA NEWS ONLINE] | ||
In May, Tractor Man and I lugged four bales of hay down our slope and set them up as a garden! At the same time, we constructed a ‘Ranch Gate Garden’, by stringing three old ranch gates together that we found on our place, fencing in the 16′ x16′ garden. The fourth side we made from wire fencing and a door frame set with a discarded screen door as a gate. | In May, Tractor Man and I lugged four bales of hay down our slope and set them up as a garden! At the same time, we constructed a ‘Ranch Gate Garden’, by stringing three old ranch gates together that we found on our place, fencing in the 16′ x16′ garden. The fourth side we made from wire fencing and a door frame set with a discarded screen door as a gate. | ||
=====It’s Easy to Grow Your Own Veggies with Straw Bale Gardening===== | |||
[https://www.herlifemagazine.com/columbia/green-living/its-easy-to-grow-your-own-veggies-with-straw-bale-gardening/ by Stephanie Fox] | |||
Straw bales, essentially an easier and cheaper type of container gardening, seemed to be an effective way to extend my garden space. For ten years, I’d grown vegetables–various greens, beans, cucumbers and the like – in the rototilled sunny half of my tiny backyard. The shaded half of the yard is reserved for my bulldog. A smaller garden on the side of the house had limited sun but could grow summer and winter squash. Tomatoes, my favorite veggie, didn’t do well in either. | |||
