Straw Bale Gardening - An Easy Raised Bed Technique for Clay Soil!

I found another very interesting post on creating a raised bed on top of a straw bale - it's of course call "straw bale gardening" and helps promote healthy beds and plants! This would work REALLY well in our heavy clay soil, so it is pretty appealing.  Have other Michigan area gardeners tried this type of gardening technique?  How difficult/easy is it to grow a garden on a bale of straw?  What are your thoughts on this?

Window Farming - Will it Work For Me?

I saw this post on Window Farming on NPR and thought WOW, what a great idea. I'm not sure what, if any of it I will implement, but I have serveral really great windows with light enough to sustain several strings of plants for gardening. I like to do this especially in the cold gray months of winter, however have wondered how successful I would be. At any rate, it's food for thought...


What do you think? Would you sacrifice windows and sunlight in exchange for clean fresh air and salad greens?