Last year, gardening fell on the wayside. Deer, rabbits, and lack of attention - kept me from a bountiful garden. I did my usual container gardening for my flowers for the front entrance steps and back patio area. A no-brainer - just water and fertilize.
Seed catalogs have been arriving and the planning seems to be getting the better of me. Also, I came across 'straw bale gardening'. I did some research and watched some video; this has gotten me curious. I am not too excited about how to prepare the bales.
1. Straw bale and NOT Hay bale.
2. Preparation before planting - many suggestions.
3. Ammonium nitrate for one. I am not too excited about using this. Other alternative is soil and manure or 'human pee' Yuck!............but I have checked it out and there are videos and website that suggest this. I have to think on that.
3. Should take about 10-20 days to prepare the bale............needs lots of watering to condition this.
For now, I am at the thinking and research stage. I plan to journal through the season and we shall see what I end up doing.
Stay tuned!!
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