Hügelkultur Raised Garden Beds Part 3 - How to Build a Hügelbed
Part 1 - What is Hügelkultur?
Part 2 - Why Use Hügelkultur?
A good size hügelbed is 10 feet long by 4 feet wide by 3 feet tall, but you can adjust the size to fit your specific situation and goals.
1. Find a sunny area
2. Dig a shallow pit and save the topsoil (1-4 inches is good)
3. Lay wood chips (or cardboard) inside the pit to help avoid weed growth.
4. Place large pieces of wood in the area - leaving 2-3 inches of space in between the logs.
5. Fill the empty spaces with soil, manure, compost, leaves, or other organic material.
6. Add medium sized pieces of wood on top - leaving 2-3 inches of space in between the logs.
7. Fill the empty spaces with soil, manure, compost, leaves, or other organic material.
8. Add small sticks
9. Add more compost and topsoil (make this layer the thickest ~5 inches)
10. Water it extremely well
11. Top it off with a natural mulch to retain moisture (~2 inches)
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Part 1 - What is Hügelkultur?
Part 2 - Why Use Hügelkultur?
A good size hügelbed is 10 feet long by 4 feet wide by 3 feet tall, but you can adjust the size to fit your specific situation and goals.
1. Find a sunny area
2. Dig a shallow pit and save the topsoil (1-4 inches is good)
3. Lay wood chips (or cardboard) inside the pit to help avoid weed growth.
4. Place large pieces of wood in the area - leaving 2-3 inches of space in between the logs.
5. Fill the empty spaces with soil, manure, compost, leaves, or other organic material.
6. Add medium sized pieces of wood on top - leaving 2-3 inches of space in between the logs.
7. Fill the empty spaces with soil, manure, compost, leaves, or other organic material.
8. Add small sticks
9. Add more compost and topsoil (make this layer the thickest ~5 inches)
10. Water it extremely well
11. Top it off with a natural mulch to retain moisture (~2 inches)
#Gardening #Homesteading
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Hügelkultur Raised Garden Beds Part 2 - Why Use Hügelkultur?
Part 1 - What is Hügelkultur?
Part 3 - How to Build a Hügelbed
In the first few years, the heat-producing composting process warms the soil in a hügelbed, providing a slightly longer growing season while also assisting in the germination process.
The soil is loose and well aerated, meaning that it doesn’t freeze as fast in cooler areas.
The decaying woody matter is a source of long-term, slow-release nutrients and helps to keep excess nutrients from filtering into groundwater.
The wood, acting like a sponge, stores rainwater to release during drier times making Hügelkultur an extremely useful technique for anyone growing in a dry area (or anywhere really).
The rotting wood creates a thriving ecosystem that hosts beneficial fungi, bacteria, insects, worms, and microbial growth that create nutrients your plants can use.
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Part 1 - What is Hügelkultur?
Part 3 - How to Build a Hügelbed
In the first few years, the heat-producing composting process warms the soil in a hügelbed, providing a slightly longer growing season while also assisting in the germination process.
The soil is loose and well aerated, meaning that it doesn’t freeze as fast in cooler areas.
The decaying woody matter is a source of long-term, slow-release nutrients and helps to keep excess nutrients from filtering into groundwater.
The wood, acting like a sponge, stores rainwater to release during drier times making Hügelkultur an extremely useful technique for anyone growing in a dry area (or anywhere really).
The rotting wood creates a thriving ecosystem that hosts beneficial fungi, bacteria, insects, worms, and microbial growth that create nutrients your plants can use.
#Gardening #Homesteading
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Hügelkultur Raised Garden Beds Part 1 - What is Hügelkultur?
Part 2 - Why Use Hügelkultur?
Part 3 - How to Build a Hügelbed
Hügelkultur is a centuries-old, traditional way of building a garden bed from rotten logs and plant debris. These mound shapes are created by marking out an area for a raised bed, clearing the land, and then heaping up woody material (that’s ideally already partially rotted) topped with compost and soil.
Downed trees, fallen branches headed for the brush pile, and rough lumber can all be used; you are essentially taking rotting wood and allowing it to compost in place for a super fertile, moisture-retaining garden bed.
These mounds can be 5 to 6 feet high—massive heaps of logs, branches, leaves, straw, manure or compost mounded to be wider at the bottom than at the top. As the wood shrinks and breaks down, a hügelbed sinks; one that is 6 feet high, for example, will sink to about 2 feet after several years of decomposition and settling.
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Part 2 - Why Use Hügelkultur?
Part 3 - How to Build a Hügelbed
Hügelkultur is a centuries-old, traditional way of building a garden bed from rotten logs and plant debris. These mound shapes are created by marking out an area for a raised bed, clearing the land, and then heaping up woody material (that’s ideally already partially rotted) topped with compost and soil.
Downed trees, fallen branches headed for the brush pile, and rough lumber can all be used; you are essentially taking rotting wood and allowing it to compost in place for a super fertile, moisture-retaining garden bed.
These mounds can be 5 to 6 feet high—massive heaps of logs, branches, leaves, straw, manure or compost mounded to be wider at the bottom than at the top. As the wood shrinks and breaks down, a hügelbed sinks; one that is 6 feet high, for example, will sink to about 2 feet after several years of decomposition and settling.
#Gardening #Homesteading
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