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Tania · July 14, 2014

Does anyone have hugelkultur beds?

We got our first one going, made from hemlock logs, branches, coffee grinds, and kitchen waste. There will be a dwarf apple tree (Honeycrisp) planted there in the near future (next to the mound). The bed is getting about 6 hrs of sun, which is A LOT in our shady garden in the middle of the woods!

Can you see the mound between the hostas? The first two pictures show the mound with logs covered by smaller hemlock branches.

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Stan and the Hugel bed after adding 5 large bags of coffee grinds. He will add compost on top on that. So far it is 3.5' high and 5'x6' at the bottom.

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Here is the link that has inspired us to do that: http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articl...ts-hugelkultur

July 14, 2014	#1
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Hugelkultur Does anyone have hugelkultur beds? We got our first one going, made from hemlock logs, branches, coffee grinds, and kitchen waste. There will be a dwarf apple tree (Honeycrisp) planted there in the near future (next to the mound). The bed is getting about 6 hrs of sun, which is A LOT in our shady garden in the middle of the woods! Can you see the mound between the hostas? The first two pictures show the mound with logs covered by smaller hemlock branches. DSC00006 (5).JPG DSC00009 (4).JPG Stan and the Hugel bed after adding 5 large bags of coffee grinds. He will add compost on top on that. So far it is 3.5' high and 5'x6' at the bottom. DSC00016 (3).JPG DSC00017 (3).JPG Here is the link that has inspired us to do that: http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articl...ts-hugelkultur __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase Last edited by Tania; July 15, 2014 at 02:34 PM.