Anything that grows in soil should grow in a hay bale garden. If you’re new to gardening, try planting seedlings, such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, from a local garden center or home store.

Just avoid hay bales, which are an animal feed crop and so contain seed heads that could germinate in your bed. How I turned my city backyard into a permaculture paradise ...

Make hay when the sun shines. That’s a saying that means exactly what is says. “When it’s go time, it’s all hands on deck,” ...

After the 12th day, touch the bale to check for heat. If it is cool to touch, you can plant. To plant, dig small pockets or holes into the straw and set plants into the holes.

One Jefferson County farmer said because of the constant rain, he’s very behind on collecting hay bales for the winter.

CLITHERALL, MINN. – Once in a while, on a summer afternoon, my husband will ask if our young son and I are ready to help with the small square hay bales. Hardly anybody makes small square bales ...

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Alfalfa growing in the field is 50 percent stem and 50 percent leaf. ... “If you bale at 10 percent, the hay will have an RFV of 140.

Every year, he bales the hay into square-shaped, 60-pound bales. It's different from what most of his peers produce, but having a niche is exactly what he wants.

The bales are an eighth of the hay Lawrence needs to feed his 100 cows through the winter. He and his wife Alexis worked all summer to grow it and stayed up late harvesting it -- just the two of them.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - With the Nebraska State Fair eight days away, Grand Island is gearing up for the 11-day event, which drew more than 350,000 people last year.