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

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]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

We're good!

[@Terry_1111]

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

[@KThom429]

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]

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!

[@silvursprings]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

We're certainly doing our best!

[@suecollado8696]

💕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💕

[@elainearchibald9020]

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]

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!

[@liabobia]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

Anytime!

[@rowanlocke9376]

Pretty fancy off grid two hoses 😉

[@SteepintheWoods]

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]

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

[@Kit-Katts]

That 'Warning' message 😂 Glad yous are back!

[@SteepintheWoods]

Lol, remember.. entertainment purposes only!

[@BS.-.-]

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]

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

[@otakelblanchemanor0659]

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]

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.

[@mattsmith4420]

I like what you doing 👍

[@coryjones9573]

Nice to see your back

[@cabinman]

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

[@angrybuck1]

very interesting thanks

[@thekeslercats]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

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]

Oh no! Good luck to ya!!

[@LovinOffGrid]

Awesome doing!!

[@havefaithfarms96]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

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!

[@rebeccazaban-boylan7640]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

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!

[@lajohnson1967]

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]

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]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

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

[@trinashepherd7636]

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]

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!

[@rebeccazaban-boylan7640]

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

[@rebeccazaban-boylan7640]

I would love to have your bale conditioning recipe!

[@SteepintheWoods]

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

[@mkogrady6078]

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]

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.

[@alliewolf3392]

❤😊❤😊❤

[@ginashiel105]

Do you still have your puppy?

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

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

[@SteepintheWoods]

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.

[@suzettehebert9120]

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

[@evoliveoil]

Why don't you set bales more that two bales wide?