I Got My Straw Bales, Finally!

  For the past couple of years, I have been interested in doing Straw Bale Gardening. In Straw Bale Gardening, you take some straw bales and use them as a garden bed. Potatoes grow well in them and they also make the garden very pretty, at least in the beginning.
   I do not live in a place where straw bales are easily found though. And if I do find them, I would have to make sure that they have not been sprayed with pesticides.
  While I was at a store to pick up an outdoor table to put my hydroponic garden system on, I noticed that there were straw bales. They were small and I asked about them. The cashier didn't know, so he paged someone else, who never responded. I could have waited, but had to get home.
   I called the company who sells the small straw bales and they researched for me whether or not there were pesticides used on them. There are no pesticides used and I was very happy to find that out. So, out to the store, I picked two of them up.
   I had a bale of hay a couple of years ago, and placed in between some garden beds. What was so good about this was the ground underneath the bale was protected from the outside elements. It served much like mulch would have. I spread it around and it was very helpful to the garden, except for the fact that it contained seeds, which eventually caused some grass to start growing in the garden. But I just pulled it out and to this day I am still impressed on how it benefitted that area of the garden.
   The small bales are around $6 a piece, but I think they will serve the garden well this time. Now, to study about straw bale gardening!