Posted by Dave Hill on August 27, 2011, 2:57 pm
Did anybody notice on Gardeners World last night the item on growing
potatoes in straw?
It's a new one on me.
Has anyone tried it?
Posted by Bob Hobden on August 27, 2011, 4:48 pm
"Dave Hill" wrote ...
>Did anybody notice on Gardeners World last night the item on growing
>potatoes in straw?
>It's a new one on me.
>Has anyone tried it?
>
Yes, the woman on GW. :-)
A problem I would see here is...first get a few bales of straw.
Certainly cheaper to do it the old fashioned way with a bit of hard work.
-- Regards
Bob Hobden
Posting to this Newsgroup
from the W.of London. UK
Posted by Martin on August 27, 2011, 5:08 pm
wrote:
>"Dave Hill" wrote ...
>>
>>Did anybody notice on Gardeners World last night the item on growing
>>potatoes in straw?
>>It's a new one on me.
>>Has anyone tried it?
>>
>>
>Yes, the woman on GW. :-)
>A problem I would see here is...first get a few bales of straw.
>Certainly cheaper to do it the old fashioned way with a bit of hard work.
Judging from google results it is popular in the USA.
We'd never heard of it before last night's GW.
--
Martin
Posted by Martin on August 27, 2011, 5:13 pm
>wrote:
>>"Dave Hill" wrote ...
>>>
>>>Did anybody notice on Gardeners World last night the item on growing
>>>potatoes in straw?
>>>It's a new one on me.
>>>Has anyone tried it?
>>>
>>>
>>Yes, the woman on GW. :-)
>>A problem I would see here is...first get a few bales of straw.
>>Certainly cheaper to do it the old fashioned way with a bit of hard work.
>Judging from google results it is popular in the USA.
>We'd never heard of it before last night's GW.
It seems that you can grow most things in straw bales
http://containergardening.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/gardening-in-straw-bales-google-daves-garden/
http://www.carolinacountry.com/cgardens/thismonth/march08guide/straw.html
--
Martin
Posted by Janet on August 27, 2011, 5:40 pm
me@address.invalid says...
>
> wrote:
>
> >"Dave Hill" wrote ...
> >>
> >>Did anybody notice on Gardeners World last night the item on growing
> >>potatoes in straw?
> >>It's a new one on me.
> >>Has anyone tried it?
> >>
> >>
> >Yes, the woman on GW. :-)
> >A problem I would see here is...first get a few bales of straw.
> >Certainly cheaper to do it the old fashioned way with a bit of hard work.
>
> Judging from google results it is popular in the USA.
>
> We'd never heard of it before last night's GW.
GardenLen who some times posts here from ASutralia, has been doing it
for years, used to have a bit about it on his website.
Janet
XML site map
>potatoes in straw?
>It's a new one on me.
>Has anyone tried it?
>