Starting a vegetable garden can be a rewarding prospect for any homeowner. In addition to having fresh veggies on the ready, digging in the dirt has big health benefits. Though yanking out weeds might ...

Over the years, I’ve had many questions from readers about using pine straw as a mulch in the vegetable garden. Is it a good idea? Let’s cover some of the basics. Mulching is a long-established ...

The WSU-Spokane County Master Gardeners have created a straw bale demonstration garden south of the Extension Center at 222 N. Havana St. The public is welcome to visit Mondays through Thursdays from ...

Most people wouldn’t lament the fact that they had run out of partially rotten straw, primarily because they wouldn’t keep the stuff around in the first place. But I do and I did run out, and for me, ...

In a telephone interview from his home in Roseville, Minn., Karsten explained how he came to share his love and knowledge of straw-bale gardening with the public. He was born and raised on a tree ...

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Even though Sandy Visintainer is a master gardener with the Penn State Extension, she admitted that she doesn ...

A reader recently sent me a photo of what looked like skinny red-orange arms growing out of her straw-bale vegetable garden. The reader gave me a significant clue as I began my detective work on the ...