Up date on my tomatoes growing in pea straw

[@aaronhopkins6697]

Bale gardens are a great, cheap and easy way of getting a garden growing. Just put them where you want a permanent garden and once they break down just start layering your compost, some dry amendments (i like to use dynamic lifter or another pelletized organic fertilizer, some blood and bone and fish fertilizer ) mulch on top and in a few years you will have another thriving garden bed in the yard. Happy gardening everyone.

[@anserbauer309]

Not doing too badly! Clearly getting plenty of water. Will be great for the soil underneath and the peas will help fix some nitrogen for whe you dig it into the loam.

[@johnharris7244]

Make sure you know where the bales come from , because plenty of nasty chemicals are used by some growers.

[@ausfoodgarden]

It's pea straw, so you wouldn't have to worry about things like pyralid etc. But yeah, if you use regular feed straw you are absolutely right!