Cutting Back Overgrowth | Straw Bale Gardening
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Dan330
This is a series on straw bale gardening. This post discusses an issue you may have with your garden - cutting back overgrowth. Hey it's a good problem.
We are continuing our series Straw Bale Gardening. Today, we are talking about what to do when other plants around your garden start to over grow into your garden. This series is following Joel Karsten’s book Straw Bale Gardening. It is really important to keep your garden clear from other plants overgrowing into your straw bale garden.
The two primary reasons you need to keep other plants from overgrowing your garden is to make sure your garden gets plenty of sun, and airflow. Obviously, we want the plants to have sun. The leaves of your straw bale garden plants convert sunlight into sugar and will drive that to the fruit or tubers (or whatever part we eat). You have spent a lot of time planning your garden, make sure your garden gets the light it deserves. It will help you keep your stocks full the rest of the summer.
For more tips check out the video on our website.
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