I was looking through the various forums o this site and never heard of strawbale gardening but I'd like to know since I have access to dozens of bales every year for free. Could someone point me to a general FAQ for strawbale gardening? I noticed there's no FAQ sticky in this forum and it'd be most helpful.
What is strawbale gardening?
jjpm74: here's an article about my garden from 2007:
http://www.carolinacountry.com/cgardens/thismonth/march07guide/StrawBales3.07.pdf
This should help.
Here's some modifications since then:
1. Put your bales with strings ON the ground. Less water run off.
2. Makes no difference what type of strings hold the bales together, but I personally prefer twine over the plastic since the twine will rot and I won't have to deal with all those plastic strings when I get the old straw up.
Kent
Another link: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/854417/