Straw Bale Gardening April 22, 2015 5:00 PM

Meinders Library is very excited to welcome Joel Karsten for Straw Bale Gardening on April 22^nd at 5:00 in celebration of Earth Day!!

Straw Bale Gardens – Breaking New Ground!  Grow a garden without pulling weeds, without the heavy lifting and without getting down on your hands and knees like traditional gardening requires.  If you thought the only place to grow healthy vegetable crops was in black dirt, you’ll be inspired by the science and biology Karsten offers in his presentation.  Learn to grow a bountiful garden using no herbicides, insecticides or pesticides.  Learn to plant a wide variety of vegetables, root crops, vine crops, and even beautiful flowers, directly into your “conditioned” straw bales, much earlier in the season than you’re used to.  Discover how any backyard, concrete patio, rooftop or driveway can become a productive garden.  Learn the details of this revolutionary and easy gardening method to create a beautiful and productive garden, without lifting a shovel and without using soil.

Come to the library and learn the fundamental skills needed to create your own straw bale garden!  Just two bales of straw can produce 240 tomatoes, ten heads of garlic, six quarts of basil, three quarts of thyme, and costs less than $20! 

JOEL KARSTEN, a farm boy who grew up tending a soil garden like other gardeners have for centuries, shook up the gardening world with his first book describing his breakthrough Straw Bale Gardening concept.  The New York Times called Straw Bale Gardening “a revolutionary gardening method” and his ideas have been enthusiastically embraced globally, making his books best-sellers in many languages.  Karsten earned a BS in Horticulture from the University of Minnesota and spends his summers tending his vegetable garden, doing research, and experimenting with new ideas and methods he can pass along to his followers.  He is a popular speaker, making appearances around the world at events that celebrate innovation, garden enthusiasts and healthy lifestyles. He is renowned for his social media presence, his popular blog, and millions of on-line impressions.  Karsten has inspired tens of thousands of first-time gardeners and a legion of “seasoned” growers who have found a new and better way to pursue their passion.  His methods have enabled “retired” gardeners to begin gardening again since his method eliminates the physical challenges found in traditional soil gardening.  Discover more information about Karsten and his revolutionary methods at www.StrawBaleGardens.com.  Links to his Blog, Newsletter, Facebook page, YouTube Channel, Twitter feed and Google Plus pages can all be found on his website.

If you have questions or have a book you’d like to reserve or renew, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at (507) 825-6714.  The hours for Meinders Library are Monday through Thursday from 10 AM – 8 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 10 AM – 5 PM.  Meinders Community Library is located at 1401 7^th Street SW, on the south side of the high school.