How to Set up a Straw Bale Garden - from Start to Finish!

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Жыл бұрын

How to set up a full size straw bale garden from start to finish!
Everything from the design, conditioning, and planting a family of four's off grid garden.
Watch along as we show how to set up, season, and plant as well as a few tips and tricks along the way.
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@jesusislord2457 Жыл бұрын

It is so good to see you all again! I hope you and your family are safe and well.☮️💖🙏🇺🇲✝️🤜

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

We're good!

@Terry_1111 Жыл бұрын

Love this method of gardening! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you and your family, always!

@silvursprings Жыл бұрын

This was very nicely put together, y'all . Informative. Thanks for sharing! So good to see y'all thriving! ☺️ Take care.

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

We're certainly doing our best!

@mattsmith4420 Жыл бұрын

I like what you doing 👍

@LovinOffGrid Жыл бұрын

Awesome doing!!

@elainearchibald9020 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, so nice to see you all again!! The children sure are growing so fast! Sure did miss you all! What an awesome way to grow plants! I'm in the city, I would love to try this method. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you all the best!

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

They are huge! Especially Hamish. Gardens of any size style or method seem to be more crucial each year. You're lucky to find what you're looking for in the stores much less be able to afford it!

@suecollado8696 Жыл бұрын

💕My friends have a similar soil & stone base & done a no dig garden BUT they also made an air compost bin using chicken wire which they made a circle out of & filled it with grass cuttings from friends gardens & leaves they started it with a layer of straw leaves grass cuttings & cardboard they also collected coffee grounds & spread it out in a layer they would turn it lightly with a pitch fork once a month💕By next growing season they had homemade compost & it was FREE💕

@KThom429 Жыл бұрын

Love watching you transform ANY property you are living on. Step by step, yall will have the wonderful homestead you want to have because you and Celia are not afraid to put the work in! Beatha beò chun na h-ìre as àirde! ~ Live life to the fullest!

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

You ain't kidding! The work never seems to get easier no matter how many times we do this.. but we got our fingers crossed this is the last property we'll have to convert!

@rowanlocke9376 Жыл бұрын

Pretty fancy off grid two hoses 😉

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

LOL this place is covered in water lines! I refuse to waste anything, so once our spring collection is full we have the ability to pipe the excess not only to the garden barrels but to the pond as well.

@md61211 Ай бұрын

One of the best straw bale videos I've seen. 3 Q's though ... What did you season with? What did you grow? What spacing for the various veggies/plants? Subbed

@Fat2Fit5k Жыл бұрын

So glad to see the gardening videos so quick we will have to start ours next year sadly. Lost our seeds and starts to coons and creek rats. Gotta start from scratch as we didn't think it'd take 4 months to get our new trailer.

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

Everything's taking longer than it should anymore.. more bad omens I think, but as long as you got that new trailer I am happy for you guys!

@Fat2Fit5k Жыл бұрын

@Steep in the Woods I was watching something the other day and it was talking about how time has seemed to change since we were kids. Moreso how times seems now in relation to as a kid. Days seem to last forever as a kid and now they fly by, and was looking more to the science behind it

@angrybuck1 Жыл бұрын

very interesting thanks

@liabobia Жыл бұрын

This is the best breakdown of the method I've ever seen. Thank you.

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

Anytime!

@otakelblanchemanor0659 Жыл бұрын

I did straw bales years ago when I leaved on a different property. It is the way to go... and I sit here thinking: why haven't I continued growing in straw bales?! Thanks for the reminder!!

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

I don't get the same satisfaction from straw bale gardens VS traditional hand broke soil gardens. But this year in particular trying to do everything at once it really was our best bet.

@thekeslercats Жыл бұрын

So glad to see you putting videos out again! Can’t wait to see more from y’all!

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

We'll be doing that as soon as possible! All our videos were stored on an external hard drive which spontaneously died. That set us back a bit LOL

@thekeslercats Жыл бұрын

Oh no! Good luck to ya!!

@cabinman Жыл бұрын

That's a nice mountain view back there! Keep 'em coming brutha!

@rebeccazaban-boylan7640 4 ай бұрын

Would love to see how the garden looks at the mid and end of season!

@SteepintheWoods 4 ай бұрын

We will try our best to do that this year! Our gardening situation is a little complex up here, as we've only got four to six inches of soil on top of a solid rock base. That's why we went with straw bale gardening the first year, not only because it was easy! But because it got us out of doing that extra labor on that first year. However this year, we're going to start a lasagna garden! Partially because we can't afford the straw bales.. but also since we did straw bales last year we have a huge amount of compost to spread out this year thereby increasing or 4 to 6 in of soil! If I had a garden tiller on hand we would be making garden videos right now! But rest assured they will begin once those funds arise!

@havefaithfarms96 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. I might buy even two bails just to try it. You are so knowledgeable. Thank you

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

I'm sure there's plenty of things I know nothing about.. but I'll take any hope that I've turned someone towards gardening! Two straw bales are better than none!

@coryjones9573 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see your back

@Kit-Katts Жыл бұрын

That 'Warning' message 😂 Glad yous are back!

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

Lol, remember.. entertainment purposes only!

@BS.-.- Жыл бұрын

If your topsoil is 6in deep you should start importing free wood chips. I did this years ago and have a ton of nice soil now...total cost $0

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind a few loads of wood chips. But no one is going to service our area, or if they could someone else has got them in their pocket.. Leaving this far out has both pros and cons

@Junkinsally Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that if you put up some makeshift sides around the leaving some screened areas for ventilation, that might help to help them moist for longer.

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

We had talked about putting cardboard around them. But that would kill the curb appeal lol. And it's possible the added moisture would degrade the bale fully. I think of it kind of like a coconut husk hanging basket, it only really works because some of it is dry and not decomposed. Your suggestion is still a good one though! And I'm thinking on ways in which it can be done.

@crystalh1402 11 ай бұрын

I’m really curious to see how everything looks at the end of the season

@SteepintheWoods 11 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard of the term "food forest"? Lol But you're right, we need to do an update soon!

@alliewolf3392 Жыл бұрын

❤😊❤😊❤

@trinashepherd7636 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of this kind of gardening but it looks great 😊! And the kids are growing up fast is Ivey in school yet or you guys Home schooling and is the baby a year yet❤

@SteepintheWoods Жыл бұрын

She's still a good ways away from school one way or the other. But it will be homeschooling. Hamish is 1 year old although he doesn't look it.. he'll be a head taller than me and twice as wide at this rate!

@suzettehebert9120 2 ай бұрын

Very nice video except for the NOISE which I assume is your water pump….

@rebeccazaban-boylan7640 4 ай бұрын

Your bales look great! What is your recipe for conditioning the bales?!!

@rebeccazaban-boylan7640 4 ай бұрын

I would love to have your bale conditioning recipe!

@SteepintheWoods 4 ай бұрын

The video goes over the recipe. If you would like a more condensed version, here's our short: kzfaq.infoi6lXj-zhx7Q?feature=share

@mkogrady6078 4 ай бұрын

We're gokkng to try straw bale gardening this year. I was going to notch the rows of bales with an electric chainsaw so packaged soil could be placed on top for a seed bed or smaller pkants to be planted. Could a sawzall be used to notch deeper?

@SteepintheWoods 4 ай бұрын

Assuming I understand what you're trying to do, I almost think a weed eater would be better.. The straw bales we've got aren't all that stiff so I don't think a sawzall would do it and more than likely a chainsaw would just get packed full.

@ginashiel105 Жыл бұрын

Do you still have your puppy?

@MichaelJosephJr934 3 ай бұрын

My bales are not heating up after adding urea for 5 days.

@SteepintheWoods 3 ай бұрын

I'm not entirely sure what your set up is. There are a lot of factors that go into how fast it decomposes. Make sure the fertilizer is not washing off, that it's thoroughly watered in a sunny spot. You also don't want to over water it. We did that the first year and it was just washing the fertilizer out of the bale. It needs to be able to stay inside of the bale.