A straw bale garden uses straw as its primary growing medium, plus a small amount of soil or compost. This style of gardening involves conditioning the bales with fertilizer and water prior to ...

In places with some of the harshest winter conditions in the lower 48, people are insulating their houses with straw. The ...

Where to go for the best of fall in Berks, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Hunterdon, Lancaster, Mercer, and ...

The technology has been used successfully in the US and Europe for over 100 years, with buildings from the 1890s still standing and in good condition. “Straw bale technology is a housing ...

On the corner of the Lincoln-Tallman Museum lawn closest to the hospital usually sits an herb garden, but this summer the ...

Straw sales are going strong around the country as the spring barley harvest continues. Round bales are fetching in the region of €25-35, depending on where in the country you find yourself ...

This weekend's yard jobs include harvesting the year-end veggies, saving seeds from the gardens and landscape, and planning to grow herbs inside over winter.

The event had three categories: an open class, a ladies' competition and the Legends - teams whose combined age was over 180 Forty teams pushed 200kg (441lb) straw bales around an obstacle course ...

A giant bride and groom sculpture made from straw bales took pride of place at a farmer's country wedding. James Leaning and Francesca Page posed by the bales at the bride's family farm in ...

Bales of hay or straw add a festive fall touch for Halloween and typically last through Thanksgiving. Pick up a full-size (20″ x 16″ x 36″) straw bale for $27.97, a 20% savings. Skeletons ...