i am 67 & wife 66 yrs old and we are putting together a straw bale garden for 2018; no more diging in the dirt or back breaking bending over; thank you so much for your idea with out this we would have no garden; thank you again.
I’m so glad you posted this video! I was going to plant some squash and melons in April and I had no idea of using the bale method but wasn’t sure how it would look so thank you so much you’re such a great inspiration🌸🦄🌈💖
WOW. This is a must watch. I watched it twice and saved it to my Facebook page. This is truly the way to garden. No more bending over, digging in the dirt, working all day in the sun.
This is so informational. I have learned a great deal from this video. So many little things I hadn’t thought of (whether using straw bail or in the ground gardening). I am using both this year. I’m subscribing and seeing what else I can learn from you 😊
Fantastic garden! Just checking out straw bale gardening today and found your vid. Very nice walk-thru. Like your angled cattle panels and garden tunnel. Thanks for also explaining your strawberry rounds. You've done well. Great explanations. Ideas runnin' thru my head for this year. Thanks!
I agree, nice and tidy, I like organization, however, I like being eclectic using a variety of items, gardening styles as long as everything is in decency and order, thriving together and not looking cluttered and tacky.
Hello, I just came across your video, and , so mad I didn't find this earlier..I've been researching pallet gardening, and have been gathering things I need here and there. But, after seeing your video, and which led to finding a few other videos, I really would prefer to start hay/straw bale gardening. Ive never gardened before, other than containers. But I just bought an old renovated farm house in a farmland rich area, and decided to try sustainable gardening and living. Your videos are great.. And I think I will try this , small at first, to go along with my pallet gardening. I love it when people share videos to show us not so experienced people, how we can achieve the same results Thank You So Much!!
Wow what great ideas can’t wait to try this. Thanks. This makes it easy for people with limited mobility. No need to dig into root filled soils.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🖖🏻🖖🏻
Wow!!! This is awesome, I haven't gardened in some time I haven't wanted to mess with the raised beds, I just moved from Ca. to Va. red clay here. Anyway I think I can do this! Thank you.
Thank you so much for the tip about using hay instead of straw. Some people swear you CAN’T use hay bales because of the seed issue, but seems like they wouldn’t remain as viable if the bales are conditioned correctly. I called the local co-op about straw bales, and they are $4.95 each, and 1.5 x 3 ft. I’m going to ask how much their hay bales are. If cheaper I’m going to go with hay. Also, great idea using the cattle panels. I have some old 2x4’s and some “scraps” of hog wire and dog wire. To save money I might try building some “panels” with what I have! LOL Maybe it’ll work. Also, I’m in east-central Alabama, about 50 miles north of Auburn, and I was worried it was too late for some things such as lettuce and cabbage, but I might try some in the shade and see how that works. Great video! I’m going to subscribe and also watch more of your stuff! Happy gardening! - Adam
This is beautiful, put together nicely. I live in NJ zone 7. The closest place I can cattle panels is about 30 mins away and they don't deliver. I have no transportation to haul them myself unless I rent a trailer/flatbed or small UHaul. However, I've always wanted some. The straw bales are easily accessible to me and considering next season starting a small section with this type of gardening, age wants to tell😂🤣
great ideas and good for people with limit on space and more carefree for people who are disabled--many uses for this system--thank you.....PS seems the harvest is more too as it hold moisture even with dry climates.
I think your fur babies were trying to steal the show. Your garden looks amazing. We had to make a bunch of raised beds because we flooded last year and lost my entire garden. But this looks amazing
You didn't mention your watering system, which I see is drip irrigation. I've seen other bale garden that do quite well also, so I'm well convinced it's a perfect medium with proper conditioning and fertile soil addition. Any garden a cat loves is a good garden. Thank you too for the recommendation of using old bales which have dead seeds. I love gardening, but getting up in age is making is quite difficult what with the bending and kneeling and I'd love to try this method. From the looks of it, it works very well.
Lovely garden. It's good to know that hay can also be used. I've read that it causes grass to grow where you don't want it, so thank you for clarifying that. Well done!
Okra doesn't like to be transplanted. direct seed well after last frost date. It doesn't like cool weather either.......... Love your hay bale garden! I'm going to give it a try...
Do you still do a bale garden? Would love to see a recent update! This video inspired my straw bale garden last year. Hoping to get a second year out of the bales!
Thanks for posting this video full of inspiration. Hopefully more people will be moved to grow this way. Could you please let me know about your strawberry towers and why they are hollow in the middle? Many thanks and best regards - John
In some of you other videos you've noted the cost as well as the low maintenance that this bale garden promotes. What is the total cost of your bales each year including the straw that you've used to create your weed sheath? I love the wonderful look as well as the cleanliness of your garden.
I tried bale gardening about 20 years ago. I planted tomatoes and beside them I planted tomatoes in the native soil. I didn't use any special irrigation method. The bales definitely dry out fast. In my limited trial I found the plants in the native soil produced more, better tasting fruit. Maybe due inconsistent watering of the bales.
Do you guys have woodchucks or groundhogs in your area? It's a huge problem in my yard and gardens. Lovely gardens. I am thinking about doing a haybale tunnel. Thanks.
Beautiful! You made it clean !! Orderly, easy to walk through, the plants are healthy. I am impressed thank you is it straw on the ground? Or wood chips? I wish you all the best.
How long will the bales last? Two years, three? What do you do with the collapsing hay? Do you use it for mulching the paths? How did the sweet potatoes work for you? Last, how many acres is the garden?
I tried this years back. Its expensive buying the straw bails and they take so much water. I do lasagna gardening now in New beds. Its much cheaper and its better. I use cardboard and leaves so I don't have to weed my tomatoe bed at all. I add gypsum, a little Milorganite, a little 10-10-10. I was using the fish emulsion fertilizer. This year I'll be using Miracle Gro. I did organic for about 15 years. Just don't over fertilize with MG every 2 weeks should be fine.
I love your strawberry towers. Do you have a place I can find the plans for them? Or can you give me a little insight? All of the ones I found googling don't seem to have the double columns and are filled with soil. I like that yours appear to be filled with straw. If they are straw, how did you condition them? Thanks!
Looks like you have an incredible Garden going. And this is the first time I've ever heard of hay bales used in gardening. I've seen vertical gardening I've seen container gardening and hanging basket Gardens. Raised bed gardens. But I've never seen anything like a hay bale garden and it looks like it's incredibly good growing. I'm likely going to have to do a lot of research on this. As it might be a perfect way for me go for some of my growing. Anyone know how well cannabis will grow in something like this?
Just started my first one yesterday. Looking forward to the same results. I was curious as to the book you were referring to about the conditioning. I was instructed to use nitrogen for about 10 to 14 days watering daily and monitoring temp of bales, is that correct info? Just subbed. Awesome garden, I'm already jealous.
i am 67 & wife 66 yrs old and we are putting together a straw bale garden for 2018; no more diging in the dirt or back breaking bending over; thank you so much for your idea with out this we would have no garden; thank you again.
How'd it work for you guys?
How did it go? Was buying, transporting, the straw a ton of work? Did you have to water it constantly? Lasagna gardening is cheaper and almost free.
What can be said except "WOW!" I love this. Your gardening knowledge is inspirational!! Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous garden! Great ideas and planning...thank you.
Great garden! Thanks for the virtual tour.
What a beautiful, immaculate garden. Thank you for all the great information.
Stunning! I have gotten so many good ideas from this video. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful garden with us.
Nice, clean & organized. I have raised beds and containers and my garden is spotless just like yours! Looks great
I’m so glad you posted this video! I was going to plant some squash and melons in April and I had no idea of using the bale method but wasn’t sure how it would look so thank you so much you’re such a great inspiration🌸🦄🌈💖
What an awesome tour of your garden with great ideas!!!! Thank you!
Only one word "wow". But also absolutely amazing garden.I loved watching your video.
WOW. This is a must watch. I watched it twice and saved it to my Facebook page. This is truly the way to garden. No more bending over, digging in the dirt, working all day in the sun.
So awesome! The vegetables you harvest must be epic. Thanks for sharing your garden, it's fabulous!
Wow beautiful garden sir! Can't wait to start planting. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for all these great ideas! I'm 78, and just this year have discovered the great benefits of straw bale gardening!
This is so informational. I have learned a great deal from this video. So many little things I hadn’t thought of (whether using straw bail or in the ground gardening). I am using both this year. I’m subscribing and seeing what else I can learn from you 😊
Fantastic garden! Just checking out straw bale gardening today and found your vid. Very nice walk-thru. Like your angled cattle panels and garden tunnel. Thanks for also explaining your strawberry rounds. You've done well. Great explanations. Ideas runnin' thru my head for this year. Thanks!
Wow ! Love your awesome garden Bale. Big and neat and beautiful. I love it.👍❤🍅🍓🌶
Love this very tidy garden! An organizational nut's dream! 👍🏻
I agree, nice and tidy, I like organization, however, I like being eclectic using a variety of items, gardening styles as long as everything is in decency and order, thriving together and not looking cluttered and tacky.
Hello, I just came across your video, and , so mad I didn't find this earlier..I've been researching pallet gardening, and have been gathering things I need here and there. But, after seeing your video, and which led to finding a few other videos, I really would prefer to start hay/straw bale gardening. Ive never gardened before, other than containers. But I just bought an old renovated farm house in a farmland rich area, and decided to try sustainable gardening and living. Your videos are great.. And I think I will try this , small at first, to go along with my pallet gardening. I love it when people share videos to show us not so experienced people, how we can achieve the same results Thank You So Much!!
Very creative garden. Never seen any like it. I definitely want to try my hand at straw bale gardening. Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic garden...thank you for sharing...very inspirational...that's going to help me create my garden...thank you again
Love all your posts! So clever!💚
Looks great! I love your ideas.
Wow what great ideas can’t wait to try this. Thanks. This makes it easy for people with limited mobility. No need to dig into root filled soils.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🖖🏻🖖🏻
Your garden is really amazing, I'm going to try it myself... just a little bit smaller...Thanks for the Idea...
Best garden I have ever seen! Love it!
Amazing!!!! I hope you continue to share with us
Awesome garden 😁😁, this makes me so happy, wait till I can try this on my allotment!
You Rock !!!
Everything I've learned from your channel is WORKING !!!!!
THANKS !!!!
Just happened across this channel.
Its incredible
Lots of hard work, but the kind of work I love.. Nice garden,
Wow!!! This is awesome, I haven't gardened in some time I haven't wanted to mess with the raised beds, I just moved from Ca. to Va. red clay here. Anyway I think I can do this! Thank you.
Thank you so much for the tip about using hay instead of straw. Some people swear you CAN’T use hay bales because of the seed issue, but seems like they wouldn’t remain as viable if the bales are conditioned correctly. I called the local co-op about straw bales, and they are $4.95 each, and 1.5 x 3 ft. I’m going to ask how much their hay bales are. If cheaper I’m going to go with hay. Also, great idea using the cattle panels. I have some old 2x4’s and some “scraps” of hog wire and dog wire. To save money I might try building some “panels” with what I have! LOL Maybe it’ll work. Also, I’m in east-central Alabama, about 50 miles north of Auburn, and I was worried it was too late for some things such as lettuce and cabbage, but I might try some in the shade and see how that works. Great video! I’m going to subscribe and also watch more of your stuff! Happy gardening! - Adam
I only just found your channel. Wow! I think I've got my UA-cam watching for the next few months sorted. Amazing garden!
Thank You
Chris Schraders Me too!
The 52 Week Gardener what a fantastic garden, l love seeing all the different ways people grow food. So interesting, thank you:-)
I agree! this is the best garden on you tube
Your garden is phenomenal,how often do you need to replace or change bales ?
Thank you for sharing your information. Beautiful garden!!!
This is beautiful, put together nicely. I live in NJ zone 7. The closest place I can cattle panels is about 30 mins away and they don't deliver. I have no transportation to haul them myself unless I rent a trailer/flatbed or small UHaul. However, I've always wanted some. The straw bales are easily accessible to me and considering next season starting a small section with this type of gardening, age wants to tell😂🤣
great ideas and good for people with limit on space and more carefree for people who are disabled--many uses for this system--thank you.....PS seems the harvest is more too as it hold moisture even with dry climates.
Just seeing this now but have to say such a beautiful garden.
I think your fur babies were trying to steal the show. Your garden looks amazing. We had to make a bunch of raised beds because we flooded last year and lost my entire garden. But this looks amazing
Thank you so much !!!! I will be doing one of these , maybe this year !
That is one nice garden. Love the cattle panel idea.
Very neat and greens garden good process with ur garden i can't wait to see u to harvest it
there just something gorgeous about an orderly garden amidst some evergreens
You didn't mention your watering system, which I see is drip irrigation. I've seen other bale garden that do quite well also, so I'm well convinced it's a perfect medium with proper conditioning and fertile soil addition. Any garden a cat loves is a good garden. Thank you too for the recommendation of using old bales which have dead seeds. I love gardening, but getting up in age is making is quite difficult what with the bending and kneeling and I'd love to try this method. From the looks of it, it works very well.
Very clever idea! I like the square one a lot.
Great job and thank you 🙏 Good Lord bless you always
Absolutely brilliant! Bought my first 10 bales today. Looking to follow your lead.
Love what you've done 💕
Fantastic video! I am making of list of what you accomplished!
I don't know how you sleep nights with that beautiful garden. Thank you for the information.
Lovely garden. It's good to know that hay can also be used. I've read that it causes grass to grow where you don't want it, so thank you for clarifying that. Well done!
He said no grass with the older bales. If grass was growing, you could pull the grass and use it as mulch.
BEAUTIFUL AND I AM SO JELOUS!!!
Okra doesn't like to be transplanted. direct seed well after last frost date. It doesn't like cool weather either..........
Love your hay bale garden! I'm going to give it a try...
Wow! What an amazing garden.
Love the towers! That's how I grow but I do lattice in a circle and grow everything in there.
I think this is very neat and organized. I may need to try this.
THank you for making such a great video
Absolutely love it ! 🌱🌺🌳
Brother you got it going on. Kudos. To you. Looks nice.
Never have I seen such a beautiful gatden
Excellent growing. Where I live, the rattlesnakes would love all that cover.
Perfectly beautiful.
You have a beautiful garden. Wish me luck
So cool, I love it, thank for show how
Love your garden
Pure abundance!
I love strawbale gardening. This is nice ❤
Great video and great garden.
Do you still do a bale garden? Would love to see a recent update! This video inspired my straw bale garden last year. Hoping to get a second year out of the bales!
Its very expensive, and labor intensive moving bails of straw. Watering non stop. I bet he doesn't do this anymore.
Beautiful! I want to try this also!
Beautiful garden brother
Young man, you are like a GOD to me.
Kudos for acknowledging the "sea-sick" among us!
Beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing
Only.hay
How.can.u.keep.together.the.bale.of.hay
Thanks for posting this video full of inspiration. Hopefully more people will be moved to grow this way.
Could you please let me know about your strawberry towers and why they are hollow in the middle?
Many thanks and best regards - John
In some of you other videos you've noted the cost as well as the low maintenance that this bale garden promotes. What is the total cost of your bales each year including the straw that you've used to create your weed sheath? I love the wonderful look as well as the cleanliness of your garden.
I tried bale gardening about 20 years ago. I planted tomatoes and beside them I planted tomatoes in the native soil. I didn't use any special irrigation method. The bales definitely dry out fast. In my limited trial I found the plants in the native soil produced more, better tasting fruit. Maybe due inconsistent watering of the bales.
William Bissell William. The bales need to be conditioned for two weeks prior to planting. Many sites will give you the data.
Do you guys have woodchucks or groundhogs in your area? It's a huge problem in my yard and gardens. Lovely gardens. I am thinking about doing a haybale tunnel. Thanks.
Great garden and you still got room to expand it also
Beautiful! You made it clean !! Orderly, easy to walk through, the plants are healthy. I am impressed thank you is it straw on the ground? Or wood chips? I wish you all the best.
hay on the ground
@@the52weekgardener85 I will copy you. Thanks! You have a gorgeous garden! Greetings and blessings be from Bulgaria
Amazing garden!
How do you fertilize the bails for prep and once veggies are planted into them? Thanks in a dance for your kind reply...love your garden!
Please if you would do a video on how you started your bale garden and tips etc
Very interesting beautiful garden
How long will the bales last? Two years, three? What do you do with the collapsing hay? Do you use it for mulching the paths? How did the sweet potatoes work for you? Last, how many acres is the garden?
Have to depend on the weather. And live and learn. But I love doing it. Even if it doesn't always do well.
What keeps the hay from molding we get hay for horses and if they get wet at all they mold
Wow! Nice garden
I tried this years back. Its expensive buying the straw bails and they take so much water. I do lasagna gardening now in New beds. Its much cheaper and its better. I use cardboard and leaves so I don't have to weed my tomatoe bed at all. I add gypsum, a little Milorganite, a little 10-10-10. I was using the fish emulsion fertilizer. This year I'll be using Miracle Gro. I did organic for about 15 years. Just don't over fertilize with MG every 2 weeks should be fine.
I love your strawberry towers. Do you have a place I can find the plans for them? Or can you give me a little insight? All of the ones I found googling don't seem to have the double columns and are filled with soil. I like that yours appear to be filled with straw. If they are straw, how did you condition them? Thanks!
Awesome stuff!
Looks like you have an incredible Garden going. And this is the first time I've ever heard of hay bales used in gardening. I've seen vertical gardening I've seen container gardening and hanging basket Gardens. Raised bed gardens. But I've never seen anything like a hay bale garden and it looks like it's incredibly good growing. I'm likely going to have to do a lot of research on this. As it might be a perfect way for me go for some of my growing. Anyone know how well cannabis will grow in something like this?
Do you have your rows going east to west or north to south?
so beautiful
Green beans, kale, um, cabbage...A CAT! :) Beautiful job.
Love it! PLEASE tell me how do you water the strawberry towers????
😉 wow great job and Congrats 🎈
Awesome garden
Just started my first one yesterday. Looking forward to the same results. I was curious as to the book you were referring to about the conditioning. I was instructed to use nitrogen for about 10 to 14 days watering daily and monitoring temp of bales, is that correct info? Just subbed. Awesome garden, I'm already jealous.
Good evening do you put any fertilizer in you hay bail to start out