It has been raining for a few days then this happened yesterday…
SNOW!
Today was a beautiful day. So I finally got some more stuff done in the garden.
FENCE:
In the rain and cold my honey helped me put the chicken wire fence up.…
2017 Garden Update
Straw Bale Gardening: Watering with Soaker Hoses
Straw Bale Gardening: Watering with Soaker Hoses
So in my last post I believe I mentioned I didn’t think one soaker hose going down the middle of the bales would be efficient enough to water the plants . . . I just upgraded!!
A simple “y” fitting, another 100′ of soaker hose, a coupler and I’m satisfied!…
Straw Bale Gardening: Bale Conditioning Day 7-12
Things are moving along slowly but it is still cooler temps here in MT and raining. Also since I have so many bales to water at once I’m just using my well water which is cold. During the conditioning process it mentions to use warm water to help break down the straw faster.…
Straw Bale Gardening: Bale Conditioning Day 1-6
Today was windy & cold but sunny so I spent the whole day outside in the garden.
I broke open my first bag of organic nitrogen “Milorganite” to start the conditioning process of the straw bales.
I am using the conditioning guidelines from the milorganite website…
Day One to Six
On day one, spread fertilizer over the top of the bale.…
Got my Straw Bales!!
So this year I’m going to try straw bale gardening on the outside of my fenced in garden. I’m going to grow the bigger plants hoping the deer can’t eat all of them. Like broccoli, cauliflower, radish all my winter and summer squash, carrots, melons, potatoes Etc.…
Getting the Garden Ready
It was a great day today to do some gardening. I cleared out all the garden beds and I was going to use woodchips to lay in the isles of the garden but I decide to use straw instead. I bought three bales from Spur Line today, thinking that would be enough but I should’ve got four bales.…