Straw Bale Gardens Complete, Updated Edition: Breakthrough Method for Growing Vegetables Anywhere, Earlier and with No Weeding [Paperback]

This updated edition ofStraw Bale Gardens Completeis the only book you need to get started with the revolutionary gardening method that has taken the world by storm.

Written by Joel Karsten, the originator of Straw Bale Gardening, this exciting update containsdetailed, start-to-finish instructions for growing vegetables in straw anywhere, plus manynew ideas and projects, includinghow to set up a greenhouse for less than $100that allows you to start seeds on top of heat-generating straw bale benches.

Whatever your gardening challenge,Straw Bale Gardening holds the solution. Have a small or unusual space? Straw Bale Gardening is perfect forurban, rooftop, and balcony gardens. Contaminated soil? Planting in straw bales eliminates the problem. Are you inundated by weeds? With straw bales, there isno weeding. The advantages of growing a Straw Bale Garden go on and on: they require 75 percentless labor, their raised height makes planting easier, they extend the growing season,prevent disease and insect issues, are portable, hold water well but are impossible to overwater, they create excellent compost, andcan be grown 100 percent organically.
 
Imagine building a simple shoulder seasonseed-starter greenhouse for under $100and thenheating it with six bales of straw. In thisall-new section, Karsten explains how you can build his six-week greenhouse, and set all of your seed trays on the nice warm benches inside, made from straw bales. The heat generated during their early decomposition is the entire heat source for the tiny greenhouse.

Among the new subjects:
 

• Building and heating the six-week greenhouse for less than $100
• Cultivating mushrooms in straw bales
• Tips and ideas for making your straw bale garden more attractive
• How to make a cold fralƒ›