Join me in my back yard for Part Four, on day four of conditioning the straw bales. It's about a two week process, involving water and fertilizer, and in this video I'm on the fourth day of conditioning the bales. Follow along and learn with me as I start this straw bale garden.
In this video I've already positioned my bales, have watered them for three days, and am going to start adding blood meal fertilizer (you can use other types of fertilizer, that's just what I chose). I've left the plants in their pots on top of the bales to test out the sunlight exposure on them before I plant them, so will move them around as I work on the different bales. You also get to spend more time with my dog, Bo, who - it turns out - loves water AND fertilizer. :)
I learned about straw-bale gardening from a facebook group, and started to do research on how to get started on this DIY gardening project. I know a couple other folks who are starting their first Straw Bale garden too, and if you are interested in trying it or learning about it, please join me! Like, comment, share, and subscribe and if you have any advice please share it in the comments! :)
I've always aspired to garden/landscape in a way that I call "lazy gardening" where I can hopefully plant things that are self-sustaining, or that will grown back year-to-year so I can add to it every year, and grow plants that naturally thrive in my hot, sandy, South Carolina yard. I haven't tried permaculture gardening, but I think it is along these same lines.
Thanks for stopping by!
(The first few videos were done originally on FB live, and I didn't realize I could shoot horizontally, so sorry about that! The rest of them after this will all be horizontal!)
You can also find me on Instagram at @deanarennick and @deanarennickart
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Music is from the YouTube Audio Library: Safety Net by Riot
