For about $5 to $10 you can pick up a bale of straw at your local hardware store or nursery. That means you can have a lot of fun without threshing your wallet. Once your bale has served its purpose, ...

Straw sales are going strong around the country as the spring barley harvest continues. Round bales are fetching in the region of €25-35, depending on where in the country you find yourself, while big ...

An idea coupled with the artistic talent of Darla Hoff and daughter Savannah Hoff transforms a few simple items into a vibrant, showstopping work of art. Their canvas is four round straw bales. The ...

Straw bale gardening? What will they think of next? Actually, straw bale/mortar home construction is a big industry. In the garden, straw bales are big, too. Straw (not hay) bale gardening is a ...

A mammoth choice of round balers keeps growers and stock farmers supplied with equipment to package hay, silage and straw, either “naked” or wrapped in film to protect the contents from the elements ...

And the winner is… Mr. and Mrs. Potato head. A likeness of the well-known plastic toys were the favorite in a vote taken on Facebook recently. The tater couple was fashioned from round straw bales, ...

Emily Nyokka watched her mother, an artist, help build their circular house made of hay bales and stucco in southern Humboldt County when she was a child back in 1997. The home sits in an open space ...