It's surprisingly effective, turning the bale into a kind of natural planter. The Garden Family on YouTube offers a great ...

The best wheat straw has a bright, uniform golden color. Areas of brown stems indicates weed stems are present which may contain weed seeds. If you have a choice, pick another bale. Old straw and ...

Hay contains weed seeds and usually is too dense for ... Farmers and local farm supply stores are good sources for straw. Avoid bales made from wheat or oats treated with an herbicide during ...

But assuming you do want to grow your own, Whitley recommends turning over the soil and finely raking it. Your wheat seeds should be of a long straw variety and you should scatter evenly before raking ...

Elizabeth Jones, an experienced gardener and Seed Librarian at the Jefferson ... So, items like wood chips, any type of straw (pine wheat, etc), hay, and shredded leaves.” Expert gardener ...

Dr Jasbir Gill, who is heading the project, said that after the paddy is harvested, wheat seeds are sown with the surface seeder and that paddy straw is mulched and spread over the ground ...