Straw Bale Garden Week 6

Snapshots of our straw bale garden about six weeks after putting the plants into the bales. We have lost two squash plants because the bales are breaking down too quickly and the soil is disappearing as it composts. I think next year we will simply cut 1-gallon pot-sized holes into the bales and add potting soil and use the bales as containers rather than using high-nitrogen fertilizer to prep the bales.