341 - How to Grow in Straw Bales

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey, you guys, and welcome back to the Beginners Garden Podcast.
0:03.4	Have you been trying to decide what kind of garden method you want to do this year?
0:08.4	If so, you may have heard a little bit about straw bale gardening.
0:13.7	Strawbill gardening is something that I've been doing for the last four years.
0:18.1	And at the very beginning of my journey, I actually interviewed the pioneer of the
0:23.3	strawbell garden method, Joel Carston. The episode that you're getting ready to hear today is
0:28.8	actually my conversation with him back in 2020 when I was getting ready to grow my first
0:35.4	strawbell garden. In fact, I was only about three days into the
0:38.6	conditioning process of my straw bales. Now, if that is brand new to you and you have no idea what I'm
0:43.3	talking about, then you'll learn all about it in this conversation. And then at the end of this
0:49.0	replay of our conversation back in 2020, I'm going to come back with you to give you my thoughts on what it's
0:55.7	been like as a strawbell gardener for the past four years. And I'm going to share with you what I
1:01.0	truly believe as far as you deciding whether this is a viable garden method for you. There are some
1:07.8	things to keep in mind before you get started before you make your decision.
1:11.6	So I'm going to come back with you and talk to you about this, but before we get there, I want you to listen to this conversation that I had with Joel so you can learn all about the benefits of growing a strawbill garden.
1:23.6	Welcome, I'm Jill and 10 years ago I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom
1:30.2	looking to cut grocery costs and grow my own food. Over the years with many failures and successes,
1:36.4	I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener. And six years ago, I started this podcast to help
1:41.4	others grow their own food as well. By tuning in each Tuesday,
1:45.0	I hope that you leave inspired and with practical tips and that gardening will change your life
1:50.5	as it did mine. Joel, welcome to the Beginners Garden podcast. It's great to be with you, Jill.
2:02.4	For those who are new to the concept, can you just introduce us to the strawbell gardening method? Absolutely, Jill. First of all,
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