All of you with green thumbs, looky here!! Too cool!

[~tj~]

Gardening Made Easy With Straw Bales!

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[NC1948]

Gardening Made Easy With Straw Bales!

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We have a local farmers market that does this in the field beside their store. They always have the front row facing the road with tomato plants. They also plant squash and cucumbers and strawberries. They then sell the produce in their store.

[~tj~]

We have a local farmers market that does this in the field beside their store. They always have the front row facing the road with tomato plants. They also plant squash and cucumbers and strawberries. They then sell the produce in their store.

I think pumpkins would be so fitting to plant in them.

[SweetC]

My sister is doing that with her tomato plants.

[maryjane]

I love this idea!

Maybe my neighbor will give me a bale of hay to try it out .

[SweetC]

My sister is doing that with her tomato plants.

Update - she had tomatoes until frost.

This year she put four plants in the hay bales, it rained, turned really hot and all four died - turned black at the roots.

[maryjane]

Update - she had tomatoes until frost.

This year she put four plants in the hay bales, it rained, turned really hot and all four died - turned black at the roots.

That probably would have happened here this year, too! Good to know it works in more moderate weather, though.