Planting vegetables in straw bales can be a lot easier – especially on the back – than traditional gardening in the dirt, according to local master gardeners. You don’t need containers and only a ...

Potatoes are one of the most versatile and popular vegetables eaten throughout the world. A crop failure of this vegetable caused by a pathogen in just one country in the mid-1800s was responsible for ...

You don't need good soil or backbreaking labor to produce a bounty of vegetables this growing season. All you need is some old straw. That's the gospel one local landscaper is preaching to ...

Like most master gardeners, Joe Gallegos and Abby Goddard love a horticultural experiment. This season, they're testing two no-dig methods for growing vegetables: Growing five varieties of chiles, ...

When you don’t have or want a traditional garden, you can still enjoy homegrown vegetables and herbs, thanks to some alternative ways of planting. Here are two easy ones to try, and you don’t need a ...

HILLSBORO — The garden Andrew LaBanc planted this year with little more than seeds, fertilizer and straw bales is drawing attention. Known as straw bale gardening, the out-of-the-ordinary method ...

Potatoes are one of the most versatile and popular vegetables eaten throughout the world. A crop failure of this vegetable caused by a pathogen in just one country in the mid-1800s was responsible for ...

If you’d like to install a raised bed but don’t have the resources to build one, you can achieve the same effect by growing your plants in straw bales. It’s also a great option for those with poor ...

Bad soil? Not enough soil? Maybe even no soil? Skip the ground and try planting fruits and vegetables in straw bales instead, suggests Joel Karsten, author of “Straw Bale Gardens” (Cool Springs Press, ...

Whether you have grown potatoes for years or never grown a fresh potato in your life, growing them in a straw bale is the choice for you. Imagine pounds of beautiful fresh tubers that are crispy and ...

Potatoes are a versatile and popular vegetable that can be grown in home gardens. Plant certified seed potatoes in spring and harvest new potatoes after flowering or wait for larger tubers after the ...