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 do this. The pictures shown here show one way.

Border of logs.

start with cardboard and then wood.

Wood covered by woodchips

Green foliage and grass clippings.

Decayed forest matter and decomposed woodchips.

Fire

Fire makes ashes.

More decomposed organic matter

topsoil

New growth.