Previous edition has title: Straw bale gardens : the breakthrough method for growing vegetables anywhere, earlier and with no weeding ; published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Cool Springs Press, c2013.

"All-new information on urban & small spaces, organics, saving water"--Cover.

"Make your own bales -- with or without straw!"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 172) and index.

Straw bale gardens in small, urban and unusual spaces -- Straw -- Planning your straw bale garden -- Making your own bales -- Conditioning the bales -- Organic straw bale gardens -- Planting sees and seedlings -- Straw bale greenhouse -- Growing your straw bale garden -- Straw bale gardens and water -- Harvest time -- What remains is gold -- Plant profiles.

"Take your straw bale gardening to the next level - in more places, with new products, and even, sometimes, skipping the straw! The reception and enthusiasm for the first edition of straw bale gardening, introduced in 2013, has proved revolutionary in vegetable growing. Why? Because we can grow vegetables anywhere, earlier in the year, with no weeding. Straw bale gardening works! Author Joel Karsten has learned even more about how to apply this method in just about any environment: on a city balcony, in a rocky outpost, in a desert, and even in the tundra of Alaska. Straw Bale Gardens Complete contains all of the original information, and it also goes much deeper, with nearly 50 pages of all-new advice and photos on subjects such as growing in a tight urban setting, making your straw bale garden completely organic, and using new fertilizers and conditioning products. There is even information on using straw bale techniques to grow veggies in other organic media for anyone who has a hard time finding straw. Straw bale gardening -- there is, literally, nothing else like it!"--Provided by publisher.