When thinking about growing crops and flowers at home, planting into bales of decomposing straw probably isn't the first approach that springs to mind. But, the concept offers a huge amount of ...

Far from leaving him vulnerable to the Big Bad Wolf, Smedt's 'straw-bale' home protects him and his family from cold winter nights, the hot summer sun -- and even from earthquakes. Smedt started ...

This raised-bed gardening method uses straw as its primary growing medium. A straw bale garden uses straw as its primary growing medium, plus a small amount of soil or compost. This style of ...

A MAN was killed by falling bales of straw as he performed a routine farm task, an inquest heard. Stephen Wilson, 49, of Cote Hill Farm, near Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, died on November 27 ...

At a Monday afternoon press conference, VINES members were joined by local leaders to announce the opening of VINES' new ...

A worker lowers the straw bale down from the bridge A straw bale has been dangled from London's Millennium Bridge as part of an "ancient tradition" to warn passing boats of work on the capital's ...

The average first freeze date is typically around Nov. 15, but the past couple of years, our first freeze has been earlier.

Based near Borrisokane in Co. Tipperary, the Moran family farm is one of the eight ABP Monitor Farms that are finishing ...

On a sunlit rise with sweeping views of Bass Strait, this straw-bale home breathes life into the art of sustainable living. For Joe and Frances Walkerden, it represents the culmination of over two ...

The event had three categories: an open class, a ladies' competition and the Legends - teams whose combined age was over 180 Forty teams pushed 200kg (441lb) straw bales around an obstacle course ...

On the corner of the Lincoln-Tallman Museum lawn closest to the hospital usually sits an herb garden, but this summer the ...

What about a grocery store run by students? Now nearly two decades after the idea first surfaced, the Circle C Market – a student-run grocery store made from straw bales – continues to serve Cody and ...