Straw-spreading machine Spread-a-Bale has cut straw usage by up to one third and generated savings sufficient for the system to pay for itself in less than a year, according to Scott Barbour, who ...

Consider buildings that are an organic addition to your garden, not just some foreign object that has been plonked into place. A garden shed can be far more than just a dingy, damp place where a few ...

When I moved into my new Philadelphia rowhouse, I was determined to grow the vegetable garden that had eluded me all those years in a cramped Manhattan apartment. But reality struck with the first ...

The Vintage High School Garden Club has ponied up a $200 reward for information leading to the identity and arrest of the people who vandalized the school garden last weekend. Vandals climbed the ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

STAPLES -- A shed and 500 large square bales of straw were destroyed by fire Friday, Aug. 9, in Wadena County. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 10:14 p.m. of a structure fire in ...

While straw is available, farmers must be asking themselves how much do they actually need for the winter season.

Craig LeHoullier gathers tomatoes from his vines in his lush container and straw bale garden at his Raleigh home in 2015. LeHoullier just published his second book “Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales.” ...

Just beyond a curve in Kendig Road in Conestoga, the Pellman family’s farmhouse-styled home rises, a mix of expansive farmland views and rustic tradition. Get up close to its rough exterior, and ...