By Kent Rogers| March 2007

• Intro
• Preparing for Planting
• How Many Plants Per Bale?
• Final Tips
• About Kent Rogers
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About Kent Rogers

Kent Rogers, a Wake County Deputy Sheriff from Wake Forest, has successfully cultivated a vegetable garden in bales of straw. Carolina Country’s report on his idea last year drew attention from gardeners and others across the state. Kent points out that the method produces good-looking, healthy plants without weeds, and is especially convenient for people who don’t have a large plot of ground to till, or who are physically unable to do a lot of kneeling, bending, raking and hoeing.

Kent is a member of Wake Electric, a Touchstone Energy cooperative. You can contact him by mail at 13028 Powell Rd, Wake Forest, NC 27587, and by e-mail at kent.rogers@earthlink.net