Creating a Huglekultur Bed

Hugelkultur is a method of layering wood, decompasing organic matter, cardboard, and soil to create a raised bed which is immediately ready for planting, while also promoting water-retension, and maintaining long-term fertility. There are various ways of doing this. The pictures shown here show one way.

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  Border of logs.

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  start with cardboard and then wood.

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  Wood covered by woodchips

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  Green foliage and grass clippings.

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  Decayed forest matter and decomposed woodchips.

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  Fire

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  Fire makes ashes.

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  More decomposed organic matter

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  topsoil

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  New growth.