GGC - 58 - Homesteading: Constructing Our Hugelkultur Vegetable Garden
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We're finally settling in to our new cabin, and have begun homesteading! One of our first priorities this spring was to construct a vegetable garden. Hoping to work in harmony with nature, we decided to delve into the world of Permaculture, and built our very first Hugelkultur mound! So what's Hugelkultur? Well, we'll show you! :)
I am blown away by how you took a subject I wouldn't normally find click worthy and not only make it interesting but fun. Always great to watch your videos. 👍🏽
Great job constructing your hugelkultur and editing your video. Hugels are one of my favorite ways to grow food utilizing the natural materials collected on site. Best wishes!
Hügelkultur
You are both two very intelligent, loving people that command the utmost respect. You really have put common sense to the forefront. You bring to the common man, how to actually live a better healthy life, without destroying our planet, instead you are helping it, God bless you both, you are one magic couple.
I've just found you (03/2019), and you are a natural teacher - not instructor!,; I've watched around 4hrs. of your videos and they are instructional, compelling and interesting.
It's a shame that I haven't read many of your viewer comments, but within their comments I think that the level of interest is as high as mine.
Thankyou for all your hard work, I'm enjoying watching you sweat and learn.
Awesome stuff
Really nice job building your hugelkulture bed! Especially all the good layers on top. Beautiful!
LOL The tractor lead up.
FOR THE WIIIIN!!!!!
I laughed so hard 😩🤣🤣🤣
Giant compost pile. Should be awesome. Can't wait to see how it goes!
Very well articulated, and informational with comic relieve. Wish you the best of luck!
You guys are so cute together and I love the way you work and play!! Thank you for such an informative video. Can't wait to see what other helpful vids you have.
A little bit of love coming to you from Vancouver Island, B.C.
This is fabulous! Really looking forward to seeing how your garden grows. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, that's a huge amount of work, but I think it'll really pay off for you through the years. Happy gardening!
loved your video! I also have 2 Hügelbeds in my suburbian garden.One had been a heap where for 10 years all sorts of wood,cuttings, etc was dumped. I wanted to get rid of it when I realised it was pure compost! I kept it and started growing a multitude of vegetables ( I don't have to worry about not planting leafy plants as it is an old hill!) and my goodness, I had the most amazing (still have) harvest of tomatoes, eggplants, kale, capsicum, various herbs, beans, huge watermelons (I live in South Australia- very hot), and corn. A few months ago, I started another one and just planted late season tomatoes and beans. Next spring I want to plant sweet potatoe there. Because this was so successful, I also planted new fruit trees on the same principle, not necessarily on a hill but underneath the trees, there are tree trunks and other matter. A friend of mine commented that they were growing impossibly fast. I am looking forward to seeing your next video (or maybe there's already one but I haven't seen it?) All the best to you!
Wow, that sounds amazing Eva! Thanks for sharing. You have officially made me really excited for the growing season!! :)
You mentioned the green wood right on top. My first hugelkultur, I had some weed trees starting, when I went to pull them out, they were hard to pull out. They were growing off of the green sticks I'd put in! Too bad, I hadn't used blueberry cuttings. The weed tree cuttings were propagating. I haven't successfully propagated fruit tree / bush cuttings, but haven't tried much, yet.
hard work. I used to own two small lake houses in Texas and I had a raised bed garden. provided many yummy treats (bell peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, basil etc etc) but it was so much work. Congratulations on your new journey. Very exciting.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this develops! =)
lol I watched your shadow while I listened...it was so funny to see what shapes your head made on the shirt..great info and fun video ;-)
Ty for this video! Very in depth and intellectually explained! Loved the dead log example also. You two are truly living the dream!
This is going to be interesting to watch develop. Nice work.
Beautiful job & you putting in the greened leave branches adds nitrogen so that's why you do it ;) I tested Hugel before on a small scale over a rotting tree stump...grew the best crop of pie pumpkins & flowers. If you plant some trees and perennial bushes in there it will help hold the materials in place as it shifts. Thanks for sharing!
I died from that tractor-bit.. Hilarious
Excellent!
Really interesting! Can't wait to see how it turned out, after all that work! Like your new intro!
Hey, I just stumbled upon your channel. Very nice to see you have a piece of land to learn more about growing your own food. I'm working on my first year of Back To Eden method myself after growing organically for a few decades in my urban backyard. I've never tried Hugelkultur. I hope to see your updates.
Also , if you have room and slope, the Hugel mound works best if it is on contour, that way it will trap water flow and keep it in place. We even have some slope in Florida, even if it is only a few inches in most places. I collect 2-3" of standing water in some of mine after a hard rain or 2.
Very interesting- thank you for sharing. I'm interested to see how this works out for you. Wishing you the best!
Cheers buddy Malt Liquor I'm going to miss seeing you guys in your camper van
love the graphics.
“Works with nature, instead of agaeenst it”
Gotta love those canadian accents
Very good film Ive just done this. Im pleased with my self And so should you be , well done i will be watching more thanks
Great video, its my dream to buy a piece of land but without cabin, i'll just park my motorhome on it :D
As I go through your videos, just came across them I must congratulate you for your editing. They are very well done.👍👍👍
Very nice! You guys have plenty of land. You should do 2 or 3 methods to compare wish one yields the best results for next year harvest like (hugel, b2eden and raised bed). You already have the hugel; b2eden can be done with forest dry leaves from autumn and woodchips from a tree company or county; raise beds can be set any time) and you're in time to set the b2eden. I hope you take our suggestion. Thanks
I really like your videos!! Really positive, open minded and not taking yourself too serious, it's a joy to watch.
I've grown in similar ways as yours the last 15 years. Branches, spruce needles and beech leaves are my main resources, it all works very well. All mulch I've tried have worked well, except spruce wood chips. I never dug/turned the soil and don't like using compost or soil in the hugel (not sure I'm allowed to call it hugel then haha). Thanks a lot and good luck!
The way I've learned to do this from www.permies.com is to dig down on either side of where you want the mound. First you lay your wood down maybe 3-4 feet deep in a stack. Then you dig on either side of the stack maybe 2-3 get deep and pile the soil and sod on top of the wood. The net effect is a 6-7 foot tall mound with tons of growing space and zero need to bend over at all.
Oh, and then you can use some extra logs and lean them against the slope of them mound and hew notches in them for steps so it's easy to get to the top of the mound in case you want to plant on the ridge.
Pretty good for a first timer.
I do see a few issues with your setup.
One was what was the orientation of the trench? N to S or E to W?
It does make a difference on things depending on what you intend on planting.
Did you make yours as part of a swale? That would catch some of the runoff when it rains.
Your setup is good for enriching the soil but might be a bit under engineered. Softwoods rot pretty fast.
I built and rebuilt mine several times so far because of under engineering.
Right now it is fairly stable.
Also, your setup will still require watering if not enough rain.
And weeding. And bending. LOL
Most calculations for a self sufficient one are a bit different.
The purpose of the trench is to trap water for the wood to soak up which is later released during drier weather.
Deeper the trench the more water reservoir you have.
Love the new intro
the sod is the topsoil, it should go on top. Grass will come back in the mound either way.
Great video
Great information! I'm onto GGC - 59 now! :)
Love your channel. I'm a new subscriber. I heard about your channel through 1870's Homestead. Great info.
I love your videos! We went through Florence. Can I take all the limbs that fell. and create this in my yard?
I watched with interest your video about no dig beds using hay. The question I need answered is can you use straw instead of hay. I have chickens and use barley straw for them so it would be easier to use straw if it works the same as hay on a no dig bed.
I hardly dig my beds, I don't turn the soil I slice with a falk then remove weeds. I then put on some home grown composed on that and that's it.
I can't wait to see the carrots, potatoes, peppers, onions and other "foods" or leafy greens you get to grow by this method. Personally I think you not being able to prepare in the fall to give your logs the winter it start out could hurt you this first growing season. This kind of agroculture TAKES YEARS before it comes into it's own because it takes that long for the wood to break down and start releasing it's nitrogen. This is nothing that produces the full potental for the first few years like standard methods reliably can. People aren't as stupid as beginners think for using the other methods you mentioned used today when it comes to getting the most produce from smallest space in the current growing season. I will be following this but am aware how long this method takes to really start producing. Best wishes.
I would have put hay in the bottom and then had the wood in layers with soil between the wood
wonder why Paula is making Derrick change his name to "Buck Trends" oh well it will be a novel concept! must be that back to the land thingie! Kugelkulture=lumpy farming!
Permaculture is a DESIGN system
Reminds me of an old radio game show where you had to guess if the person is "dead or Canadian "
small hydroponic garden in your apartment to grow leafy greens eh? Those leafy greens would happen to be the kind that make you happy and treat glaucoma would they??;)
like your "carrot boots" paula.
Does the high C:N ratio in the wood tie up N in the soil? Have you seen any signs of N depletion?
Thank-you for this....just what I needed to know. Does it matter what kind of wood is used? I have alot of pine logs available, would this work as well as a hard wood? Thanks. And I am subscribing to your channel.
Great job! What zone are you in? Are you in Canada? Thanks for the info 👍
So here in texas most hay farmers use herbicide. We have a few horses and I thought about using the leftover hay thats laying about on the ground that the horses won’t eat for use in the garden. Any thoughts? I’ve heard that its not recommended
Hi Kristi, I think that's a great plan - but only if you can confirm that your hay hasn't been sprayed. Hay farmers don't typically do that around here so I was mostly unaware of the problem when we first posted this video. Since then, however, we've heard from a lot of people who have encountered issues where they live. So unfortunately, I'd only use hay that I can confirm is contamination-free.
Where does your water supply come from?
Are Bradford Pear Trees safe for food production in hugelkultur beds?
Can you create a flat hugelkulture bed?
Until we came around.
Hi Derek and Paula Great video listen I have a Question for you what would it take for a person to come and Live in Canada can you cover that in your video's or pm me thank you both
Can I use pine needles as themulch???
Sure can! :)
For other ideas, we've also posted a video about all of the difference sources of FREE mulch that we've used: ua-cam.com/video/ww34XwhdeZ4/v-deo.html
am I the only guy who makes raised bed gardens out of dry stone walls?
You need a tractor with a snow bucket.
Part 2??
Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/4gm69Cqs-tw/v-deo.html
:)
Is it Derek Enns? Im Darren Enns 👀
7:18 This is how I feel about child labor.
3:12
You remind me of vsauce
Boop
sorry but i need to let you know...... not millions of years.... thousands. ;-)
Your cornyness grew on me lol
Bro it‘s spelled Hügel not Hugel😂
Very nice! You guys have plenty of land. You should do 2 or 3 methods to compare wish one yields the best results for next year harvest like (hugel, b2eden and raised bed). You already have the hugel; b2eden can be done with forest dry leaves from autumn and woodchips from a tree company or county; raise beds can be set any time) and you're in time to set the b2eden. I hope you take our suggestion. Thanks
Wow,good way to clean up your property and compost and garden at the same time. 😊
I like you guys an awful lot. Great travel philosophy, great relationship dynamics, great environmental and food responsibility ethics. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
thank you for not disappearing from view once you purchased you new place. This is all very fun and interesting. I shall enjoy watching this alternative lifestyle you two are creating.
So I fell for it ... the tractor bit. So when you added 'might as well go for the best', I was all primed for you to introduce your Kubota l3130. Well, it could happen with (her) luck in scouring the classifieds.
On a more serious note, you mention the previous owners, both in this installment and your initial walk-about introduction, and what they did or failed to do. I remember the deer hunters cabin. And on that thought, I'm wondering whether you've considered how you will deal with those same deer when the time comes -- that time being when you've opened a new restaurant for them in your back yard!
Other than that, excellent video in your typical professorial style of delivery.
Hey Jim, we're currently in the process of building a deer fence :)
We'll post a video of that as soon as it's finished! Thanks for your comment!
Also, a Kubota l3130? One can dream... and I do, often ;)
Jim Harvey, loved the tractor part too !
Very cool! Lots of work. You guys are amazing!
loving this you guys are a great inspiration
Your tractor is AWESOME! The build up was really cool too :) Though she may be small, she'll still save you guys lots of manual labor. Looking forward to future vids and updates about this style of gardening. Thanks for the videos!
good job. I love your animation. Plz do the same for building soils, Mycorrhiza, hyphae etc.
This channel is so fun! Hope it will grow more
Wow, wonderful.
That rich black dirt you put on - think you referred to it as seed hay that had been sitting around for awhile. It was totally decomposed black dirt. I like that for the top layer above the inverted sod. It just looks super rich.
Your wife is superwomen. Your a lucky man
LOL...I tell him that every day Ebbaneeza feelgood. ;) Just teasing...I'm pretty lucky too.
You guys rock!
Very nice! Thank you my dear friend, I really liked it! Wonderful! Like # 142
4:08 great explanation of the wood breaking down.
yes, awesome project, good luck.
I used the same idea but in a raised bed. Underneath were logs, twigs and weeds covered by soil. I then had a normal rectangular vegie patch. To me a mounded bed would be too limiting as to how much could be grown.
you two just keep getting more awesome (if that is possible). Please keep posting away on this and other things you do on your land.
Thank you so much for sharing your gardening experiences! I love your sense of humor- thanks again!
i just love you guys. Can't tell you what joy you two bring me. Thank you for your posts.
All that good firewood being buried....I can understand using logs already decomposing, but that looked like excellent firelogs you were throwing in there. I'd rather have the heat in the winter ;)
Great video, I'd love to build one in my homestead but I have sloped clay soil and I've been told that in these type soils huguls can be counterproductive bec they will retain too much water for too long, do you have any suggestions for me?
I'm stunned they didn't pick the 'no dig' garden method to start! I best be off as these are lovely folk and I wish them everything they want xxx
Subscribed for the tractor montage.
I have a bad back and can’t to the ground level work now, but that’s probably what i would have done otherwise
Nice, just built mine and you are right, machinery would have been a great help.
sweet can't wait to see how it goes would love to try it here in baja
How do you get the soil to stay on the sides? My mound is shaped like the one in this video but the soil keeps sliding down.