Hugelkultur
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- Опубліковано 24 жов 2016
- Watch as I go through the steps of creating a "hugelkultur' raised bed. This is a permaculture method of creating a raised gardening bed that both recycles old wood and organic matter, as well as retains and distributes water in your soil. It's a simple means of increasing the resiliency of your garden!
That is such a nice bed! It's so prim and proper! Good job👍
One little tip? put compost and mulch on top of your soil to feed from the top and bottom. The mulch will protect the soil and feed your worms.
I believe in supporting the hay farmers and I buy and sometimes get the old straw and hay,most of the time free. I pile it up and let the seeds in it grow when spouted I toss the green hay or straw in my dug out trenches, toss a little lime on it and replace the dirt in mounds Last years sweet potatoes on a hundred foot roll was 1100 lbs .
WOW!
You forgot an important step you didn't add manure, fresh grass, or kitchen scraps and it is going to be nitrogen deficient. You might want to over seed it in the future with a nitrogen fixer such as clover if you build another in the fall with out adding your nitrogen high ingredients.
I'm looking forward to this next year. I'm going to put together one to grow pumpkins on.
i would recommend dirt in between every layer of wood when you pile it like you have. the wood will break down much faster and the roots will have a place to burrow and take hold. as it is now its seems like the hay layer will stop any of the dirt from contacting the wood until that hay breaks down which will take a couple years. just food for thought, enjoyed the video.
Thanks very much! That is a great suggestion - I will do so when I make my next one!
Jim Valuski does it like this and I'm sure you're great but Jim knows his stuff.
Looking forward to seeing this years planting.
this is somewhat unrelated, but I put mulch at the bottom of my container plantings for the same effect, and I've been blown away at the results after 2-3 growing seasons, the soil is highly productive and it's in the most temperature vulnerable container I own!
That's a great idea. I've recently tried this with some inside potted plants. Thanks for the tip!
It's been a few years now. I'm curious how this worked out...
They are a long term solution. sometimes it takes 1-2 years to get started but once that wood starts affixing nitrogen as it decays, they become EXTREMELY water retentive and nutrient dense.
Ill be uploading some videos of those im building soon. You should build some. its a 10-30 year + raised bed + auto feeder + auto waterer
Where's last layer of mulch? Keep weeds off as warms in Spring
im gonna go ahead and guess you are from Canada
is there an update on how this is working out in 2017.?
Hopefully coming soon!
A very good effort, but I'd like to ask if you don't think materials like sawdust will do a good job with hays and straws. It is carbon based too.
I assume that sawdust and similar products would work just as well as hay and straw. I'm sure that there are slight differences in the longevity of the water-retention properties of the different materials, based on their compaction and differing rates of decomposition, but I imagine that the incorporation of any organic, wood-based materials into one's garden would achieve the goals of a huglekultur. Then again, maybe not! This is my first attempt at such a thing - we'll see how it goes!
Ok and many thanks.
9 dislikes 9 ? O man some people ....good job sir. How did it do?
You dug which disturbs micro organisms. Just go from ground up.
@Angel Freak Not sure where you are but don't worry too much. I'm in Florida zone 10 I plant nested plots in straw. Cardboard down first then compost and soil nests.