Straw Bale Gardening

I have been a huge Square Foot Gardening fan for many years but my wife recently turned me on to a new gardening method called “Straw Bale Gardening” she learned about online from sites like Pinterest and Garden Web.  I was super resistant to trying it out as we have always had such great results with the Square Foot method and probably would have never got around to trying it out if it wasn’t for Bethany.  I was traveling for work one week in early 2016 and when I came home Bethany had completely set up a straw bale garden in our backyard.  This post documents the entire process with pictures and even a time lapse video. Continue reading Straw Bale Gardening