John Tullock 
Straw Bale Gardening 

Gardening is more popular than ever and now you can grow all types of vegetables in any location. Idiot’s Guides: Straw Bale Gardening explains the many advantages of growing an entire garden in straw bales. Dozens of helpful step-by-step, color photography illustrates how to arrange and prepare the bales to get the best results and take full advantage of all that straw bale gardening offers:– Easier to build than typical raised-bed or container gardens– Easier to arrange and access than other raised-bed gardens– Less expensive than most raised-bed or container gardens of equal size– Greater resistance to pests– No tilling– No or little weeding Finally, with color illustrations, the reader is shown what grows best next to what and how much can be planted to maximize yield.