tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post110391586509426498..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-83403217575890330162014-06-16T13:34:17.505+01:002014-06-16T13:34:17.505+01:00Have you heard of straw bale gardening? Its the ne...Have you heard of straw bale gardening? Its the new thing here and supposedly the perfect method for slower to warm up climates like yours and mine. The general idea is to plant your starter plants in a able of straw, you water and fertilize (once) the bale, and it begins to heat up and compost itself, and slowly continues to do so over the growing season. keeping the plants warner in the spring time, and fetilizing them with self made compost all season long. I noticed that the garden center is selling 1/4 bales of straw this year, and I've been thinking I could pull this off on the corner of my dec...the only place in my small yard that gets full sun. I understand that the small bale can be contained for aesthetic purposes. Google it when you have nothing to do!Ellennoreply@blogger.com