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Starting the internal compost of the Straw Bale Garden

Helton and Sherri dig some potting soil into the center of the straw bales

April 22, 2018

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Starting Straw Bale Compost

The last of the snow had gone - over 22 inches in the first two weeks of April, 2018

We planted two days after this photograph

We were too impatient.  The book says to work some strong fertilizer into the bales, water heavily for two weeks, waiting for the soil seeded as start to decay.  We didn't wait

The "soil" became slime before it was fully composted, and it "burned" our seeded pole beans, radishes, lettuces and cucumbers.  We tried to re-seed a few weeks later but it still was not ready.  Plus, because of the record cold April, the garden got off to a slow start

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2018, apartment, April, bedroom, Fairfax, street, Eau Claire, moved, snow, March

Photos by Dennis with his iPhone 4s.