Water the straw bales deeply every day during the conditioning process, and apply another ½ cup of high-nitrogen fertilizer ...

Local gardeners are experimenting with straw bales, taking advantage of the internal composting to help their garden grow. As a little boy growing up on a Minnesota farm, Joel Karsten wondered why the ...

UNL Extension Educator Randy Saner said while producers need to plan and keep track of their inventory, it’s crucial to ...

Like many others in the Coulee Region, Chris Christen and her staff at Christen Farm Nursery are anxious to get into the garden. And when they do, many of them will be trying straw bale gardening.

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 ...