Straw bale gardening

[asly]

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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[pslamont]

Check the price of straw bales here.. yikes!

I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says

"Oh Crap, She's up!"

[jade]

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.

[csgray]

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

[asly]

Yeah, I wondered about price of straw on the island...

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[Scott_S]

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.

[MarkP]

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.