This raised-bed gardening method uses straw as its primary growing medium. A straw bale garden uses straw as its primary growing medium, plus a small amount of soil or compost. This style of ...

When Kate Calvery came to me in early 1996 and asked me to design a straw bale house for her on Vashon Island, my heart sank. I had attempted to permit a straw bale house a few years before in ...

Crews disproportionately made of young, Mexican men bale pine straw by hand. They're not always fairly compensated.

Opencut mining for a gravel pit is ongoing in Manhattan, changing everyday life of some families in the community.For Kristen ...