Hay Bale Garden

Hay Bale Garden. I have a really big gopher issue and them eating my tree roots and any flowers or vegetables I plant. this set up doesn't "… Any kind of raised bed makes for an easy, convenient garden, but one technique that is especially effective is straw bale gardening. Hay bale gardening uses bales of hay in place of soil.

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Using hay bales for gardening is an especially effective alternative to traditional gardens if you lack adequate space, or you have difficult ground to cultivate. All the seeds in the hay that provide so much nutrition to animals will sprout and grow. Conditioned with a small amount of potting soil, compost, and fertilizer, the straw itself breaks down gradually.

Once the straw inside the bale begins to decay the straw becomes "conditioned" compost that creates an extraordinary plant rooting environment.

They often include dried grasses with lots of seeds.

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See our guide to what works well here! You don't have to amend soil or dig weeds before planting. Hay Bale Gardening: I read up on this a few years ago and decided to make my own and seeing as there are no instructables on it I had to make one!