This raised-bed gardening method uses straw as its primary growing medium. A straw bale garden uses straw as its primary growing medium, plus a small amount of soil or compost. This style of ...

When Kate Calvery came to me in early 1996 and asked me to design a straw bale house for her on Vashon Island, my heart sank. I had attempted to permit a straw bale house a few years before in ...

Opencut mining for a gravel pit is ongoing in Manhattan, changing everyday life of some families in the community.For Kristen Corbin, she used to have normal da ...

Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.

A straw-bale fire has finally been extinguished after six days. Crews have been breaking up the stacks and monitoring the flames with a controlled burn strategy at the scene in Olantigh Road ...

Straw bale art decorating Shipshewana and Middlebury this past fall was recognized during the 2025 Arts United Awards on March 19 in a ceremony sponsored by SYM ...

First we take a look at the 2025 Green Thumb award winning plants, then we talk to the father of straw bale gardening, Joel Karsten, and finally a close up look at growing ferns. January 4 ...

When Daniar Robinson moved her family from the bustling city life in Sydney to the rural surroundings of Braidwood ...