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| Cherry Tomatoes Planted in a Straw Bale |
A few years ago, a good friend told me about straw bale gardening,a technique where you plant your crops directly in a bale of straw (not hay) and at the end of the season, till the straw back into the garden bed. The advantages of straw bale gardening are the same as a raised bed garden- fewer weeds, protection from critters, and more heat to fuel the growth of young plants. The straw bales are also supposed to soak up water, like a mulch, and protect the plants from drought. I planted cherry tomatoes in my bale today, and I hope they grow and cascade over the edge of the bale, like a min-tomato-mountain.
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| Plants from Horrock's In Lansing, MI |
I bought the plants from Horrock's on M43 in Lansing, MI. They have a huge selection of gardening supplies and plants. Here are black cherry tomatoes, crimson sweet watermelons, and grape tomatoes.
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| Pot of Leaf Lettuce |
This is some leaf lettuce almost ready to harvest. I started it in seed pots indoors 5 weeks ago. Below, you can see me watering the bale of straw. The final picture is a wide view of our garden of May, 20th 2015.
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| Watering The Bale |
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| Melons and Soybeans |
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| Wide View of Garden May 20th |
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