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 ...

What Is Straw Bale Gardening? Straw bale gardening is an easy way to grow a raised vegetable garden without using any other kind of soil. Seeds are planted in bales that are treated with an organic ...

Newport News, Va. | You may want to pick up wheat straw bales to keep for your vegetable garden next year. Gardeners such as Bea Waggener of Newport News, Va., are discovering the advantages of ...

Straw bale gardens are becoming popular with growers plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Straw bale gardening combines ...

Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. This technique allows gardeners to create raised bed gardens on a patio, lawn or any area with poor compacted soil.

With Missouri forage supplies in short supply due to drought, some livestock producers are looking at wheat straw as feedstuff, despite its poor nutrient quality. This leaves wheat farmers asking what ...

Q: I would like to grow a vegetable garden but my home sits on dense rocky ground. My entire ground is primarily gold tailings between seven and 10 feet deep. My “soil” is not conducive to growing ...

Typically baled, burned or left behind, the wheat straw market is evolving. Technology breakthroughs combined with sustainability awareness and the renewable movement have elevated wheat straw and ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Companies weren’t hiring when Brian Dohrn was finishing college in 2009. So he started a company of his own. Today, the Rochester, Minn., businessman is involved in both trucking ...

Traditional forms of thermal insulation used to regulate temperatures in homes and commercials buildings are often energy-intensive to manufacture, resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions. A ...

Wheat straw could be used as a sustainable alternative to regulate temperatures in homes and commercial buildings, a new study says. The insulation in our homes and buildings has come at a hidden cost ...