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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvwUSYOt7Q4 by Milorganite Fertilizer 17/2/16 YouTube] | [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. | 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. | |||
