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Straw bale gardening - asly - 03-16-2010
Has anyone experimented on the island with straw bale gardening? I plan to do so this summer here in MT, but I wondered about doing it on the island since there is so little soil there. Would like to hear feedback if you've used this growing method before. Thanks
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RE: Straw bale gardening - pslamont - 03-16-2010
Check the price of straw bales here.. yikes!
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RE: Straw bale gardening - jade - 03-17-2010
Pam is right about the price of hay. I would think that it would mold in the rain. (that is if our rain comes back) I have seen where they make raised beds by using old tires.
RE: Straw bale gardening - csgray - 03-17-2010
Hay and straw are not the same thing. I don't think any straw is produced here, it is a useful byproduct of grain production and the Big Island isn't exactly a big grain producing area. Hay will be full of grass seeds. Old tires are not the cleanest things to be growing food in, but a ring of rock will do the same thing.
Carol
RE: Straw bale gardening - asly - 03-17-2010
Yeah, I wondered about price of straw on the island...
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RE: Straw bale gardening - Scott_S - 03-18-2010
I went to buy a bale of straw 2 years ago and I think it was over 25 dollars a bale maybe even 40.
Been plenty of rain in HA.
RE: Straw bale gardening - MarkP - 03-18-2010
There is nothing about either straw or bales that can't be done another way. Whether it is houses or raised beds, people really only use straw bales because they are cheap and plentiful (in the mainland farm states). If they aren't cheap and plentiful here, look for the local alternative. I don't actually know what that would be, maybe ground up uluhe ferns, but don't get hung up on a name.