First things first: Hay bale gardening bales are most often made of straw. They're a smart, economical version of container gardening, by any name. The post How To Start a Hay Bale Garden appeared ...

Straw bale gardening? What will they think of next? Actually, straw bale/mortar home construction is a big industry. In the garden, straw bales are big, too. Straw (not hay) bale gardening is a ...

Straw is for gardening, and most of its seeds have been harvested, so there shouldn’t be many (or any) remaining in the bale to sprout into weeds. Straw is also less likely than hay to have been ...

Use bales of straw, not hay, for gardening, he said. Hay contains weed seeds and usually is too dense for best results. Choose bales held together tightly with twine.

For the week ending June 28, hay demand was light and trade moderate in Kansas, according to the Kansas Department of Ag-USDA ...

Learn when hay, straw and chopped straw will be good options for lawns or gardens. ... YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU’LL NOTICE IN THESE BALES OF HAY, THERE’S A LOT OF LEAF MATERIAL, ...

But the humble hay bale could soon be going highbrow as officials in one Brunswick County beach town see if hay and pine straw can be an effective alternative to sand fencing.

Straw is also less likely than hay to have been treated with pesticides, which would inhibit your plants or prevent their growth altogether. To be sure, ask the retailer if their bales are organic ...

Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Straw Bale Gardening 9and10news Site Staff , 910 Media Group 06-29-2016 at 01:50:17 PM EDT | Updated 01-19-2023 at 02:56:10 PM EST ...

The result is detailed in a short film Patagonia released earlier this month called “Home, Grown.” It shows the sleeves-up, hands-dirty process of building a straw bale home on Chouinard’s ...