Business, as you know. Always way out of my league, but so interesting!

I'll be showing transplanting, taking gardening questions, maybe walking around my developing gardens. @nctomatoman

from my garden, doing some show and tell and answering live submitted questions - I let it go for 45 min or so, and it is viewable for 24 hours before it vanishes. I will do them weekly right through the season.

@nctomatoman - click on the my story button (my profile pic).

called "Straw Bale Gardening"... Is that your handiwork? I'm giving it a try this year. I live in the woods, on a backlot on sloped property, mostly hard ledge. I've tried some container gardening and raised beds, but trucking in good dirt is hard work. Hoping the straw will be a good intermediary step for soil building. It's been almost 2 weeks with feeding and watering the bales, but they haven't gotten over 80 degrees. It's been cold at night here and not very warm during the days (western MA)... Should I keep adding food or just keep watering?

don't be concerned about the temp rise...there are dependencies on bale tightness and ambient temp. 2 weeks from the beginning of treatment they are ready to plant.