Since root cellars are usually built below grade ... replace the lid, and place a bale of straw on top for extra insulation.

In November 2011, plans to convert the root cellar located west of the Main Barn into a mushroom ... They grow in plastic tubes filled with sterilized straw that hang from the ceiling and holes in the ...

Straw bale gardening ... as deep and wide as the root ball of each plant. We then filled those holes with our garden soil, ...

Roberta Strickler Jan 19, 2007 Jan 19, 2007 Updated Sep 11, 2013 Straw bale houses of the western Nebraska prairies were comfortable places built where there were no trees or sod. In Lancaster ...

CORVALLIS — A lack of space needn’t keep you from a bounty of fresh produce if you turn to straw bales for planting edible gardens. Straw bales take up little space and produce almost anything ...

Debibishop/Getty Images At first glance, straw bale gardening might seem like a novelty or even a too-good-to-be-true scheme, but the method has been around for decades, and gardeners say it works.

But by the time winter hits, homegrown produce is often a rarity—unless you happen to have your own root cellar. Root cellars don’t need to be lavish or large. In fact, home gardeners can make ...

Before refrigeration was common, most people had root cellars at home. The cellar might be underground, in the side of a hill or covered by a sturdy shed to keep food— mostly root vegetables ...

Kenyans are increasingly embracing straw bale technology, which uses materials made entirely out of farm waste, to build cheaper and environmentally-friendly dream homes, writes KEVIN OGUOKO ...

A DOZEN straw bales caught light when fire broke out on a farm in west Suffolk today. Newmarket firefighters were called just after 5pm to Exning, where a blaze had started in Cotton End Road.

It's counterintuitive, but ditching the dirt could be the secret to a thriving garden. Debibishop/Getty Images At first glance, straw bale gardening might seem like a novelty or even a ...