Teamwork
Hugelkultur raised beds filled w/ rotten wood. This makes for raised beds loaded w/ organic material, nutrients, air pockets for the roots of what you plant, etc. As the years pass, the deep soil of your bed becomes incredibly rich & loaded w/ soil life. As the wood shrinks, it makes more tiny air pockets - so your hugelkultur becomes sort of self tilling. The first few years, the composting process will slightly warm your soil giving you a slightly longer growing season. The woody matter helps to keep nutrient excess from passing into the ground water - & then refeeding that to your garden plants later. Plus, by holding SO much water, hugelkultur could be part of a system for growing crops in the desert w/ no irrigation.
www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Hugelkultur/
Alderleaf Wilderness College
18715 299th Ave SE
Monroe, WA 98272
360-793-8709
Teamwork
Hugelkultur raised beds filled w/ rotten wood. This makes for raised beds loaded w/ organic material, nutrients, air pockets for the roots of what you plant, etc. As the years pass, the deep soil of your bed becomes incredibly rich & loaded w/ soil life. As the wood shrinks, it makes more tiny air pockets - so your hugelkultur becomes sort of self tilling. The first few years, the composting process will slightly warm your soil giving you a slightly longer growing season. The woody matter helps to keep nutrient excess from passing into the ground water - & then refeeding that to your garden plants later. Plus, by holding SO much water, hugelkultur could be part of a system for growing crops in the desert w/ no irrigation.
www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Hugelkultur/
Alderleaf Wilderness College
18715 299th Ave SE
Monroe, WA 98272
360-793-8709