Harper Industries, Harper, Kansas, is launching the next innovation with its DewEze bale bed line, building on the legacy initiated by the original 1984 model. Available in parallel and pivot squeeze ...

AKRON, Ohio — When Joel Karsten was growing up on a farm in Minnesota, he noticed how lushly weeds grew from rotting bales of straw. That made him wonder: If straw worked so well for growing weeds, ...

These raspberry leaves have been shredded by Japanese beetles, but it's only a cosmetic issue that won't seriously harm the plant. One reason why a late-summer garden can start to look, well, "tired," ...

My sister Laura and Grandma Josephine tending the chickens on the family farm. Yes, that is a little genuine Minnesota straw in the foreground. Because the straw bale generates heat as the straw ...

Slouching like a gardener on a hot summer afternoon, my straw bales are sagging under the weight of their growing load. Four humongous squash plants form a green umbrella with their large leaves, ...