https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e799951b-3112-455b-8537-4bd27d9a4b8e http://www.edibleacres.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1haLBmp0Co - Original video showing the setup... After about 1 month of our hay bale garden setup, I thought it would be good to show how they are performing. Overall, pretty happy with them considering that they are just old hay bales with a thin layer of compost on them, set up mid-summer, in a very dry time, with plants plopped into them. Starting to see the plantings growing and getting happier with life, but the lesson I'm learning is to set these up and put them into a cover crop for a bit to let them ease into things, rather than immediately going into the main crop we want. Overall, I'd be very happy to do this experiment again or set it up for clients, but now I understand more about the timing and the need to be patient for them to 'wake up' and be fertile. http://www.edibleacres.org/ - our permaculture nursery in NYS Edible Acres is a full service permaculture nursery located in the Finger Lakes area of NY state. We grow all layers of perennial food forest systems and provide super hardy, edible, useful, medicinal, easy to propagate, perennial plants for sale locally or for shipping around the country... http://www.edibleacres.org/purchase - Your order supports the research and learning we share here on youtube. We also offer consultation and support in our region or remotely. http://www.edibleacres.org/services Happy growing! Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:35:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e799951b-3112-455b-8537-4bd27d9a4b8e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.