Hay Bale Tomato Gardening

By Michael Nolan

I have to be honest.

The first time I heard about this idea I choked on my Fanta and ridiculed the messenger.

How crazy does it sound, really? Growing tomatoes in bales of hay?

When I realized that it was in fact true and entirely possible, I swear I could hear the unmistakable strains of that all-too-familiar tune from Deliverance playing in my head. I felt even stranger when I realized that this isn’t anything new.

All it really takes is a line of bales placed in full exposure to the sun.For best use, the bales you use Read the rest of this entry »