Hugelkultur beds (condensed) - build instructions. If you're looking to build this type of garden bed, or become more "prepared" and less dependant on the system, ...or want to learn, but don't know where to begin... then this might be for you. I hope this is helpful. Instructions: 1. Sod removal 2. DigTrench 12-18" deep x 8' long. *Remove large rocks medium sized rocks* 3. Line trench with wet cardboard 4. Fill 8-10" with well rotted wood 5. Add a few rounds of non-rotted wood aligned with the direction of the trench *soak* 6. Add dead fall sticks aligned with the direction of the trench with soil to cover. 7. Add sod face-down (best if left upside down for a few days prior without any light) to try and kill it. *soak* 8. Add soil 2-3" Amend aggregate soil with seaweed 9. Add 4" straw 10. Add well mixed rotted horse manure (no smell) and aggregate soil to 3". 11. Add 3" more straw and face-down sod to reinforce the sides of the mound. 12. Add aggregate soil 13. Add top soil *soak* *soak cardboard* *cover with cardboard* - When planting into the mound use your hands or a tool to clear a hole in the mound then add topsoil and plant into the topsoil. *Zerowaste tip* cut up, write on and use your old yogurt, ice cream or other plastic pots as plant markers. - The longer the roots, and/or more nutrient hungry (heavy feeder) your plant is, the closer you plant it to the top of the mound, giving it access to ~2' deep trench filled with short, medium and long-release nutrients, trace elements and a wooden core functioning as a fungal superhighway. *In theory you could probably get mycelium running through that rotten wood core... and then possibly some edible mushrooms *but that's another challenge for another day because it takes some prep*. - Hugelkulture is a way of building a very low maintenance garden, because it absorbs and stores a lot of moisture, but also allows for plenty of 02 at the root zone. It is also a time-stacked garden, offering sustained nutrients released over time, slowly introducing them to maturing plant roots. #permaculture #hugelkultur #gardens #disasterpreparesness @safecoastprep @ben.new.man.transforms (at Royston, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-8_GK6Bibl/?igshid=11cchhxz6cu12
