In my last Permaculture post I discussed mulching as an effective way to help the water retention of your soil, while providing lots of nutrients over an extended time. Today I want to keep raising this

I finally got around to making a start on the mother of all Hugel Beds at the top of my olive terraces. It was actually a relief to find a decent bit of steep slope ready to receive A LOT of vegetative

Just a quick walk around the land while I gently plan out what the next phases are for my HUGEL BEDS…. At the top of the land I’ve got some pretty large ones with the base layers already made up - consisting

I've managed to progress at a rapid enough pace with the land so far this year to be able to USE some of my olive prunings to make some hugel beds, or really hugel flats, given that I've buried the cuttings

So two of us have now been clearing out a 10 metre 'fire safety' strip around my land - which necessitates flammable trees like pine being a maximum of 10 metres apart and all the lower limbs cleared to

Here is the wood for the hugelculture for the upcoming greenhouse beds.

I am glad we built a lip on our hugelkultur boxes! Windy days in Unalakleet, Alaska are frequent, as we are located between an ocean and a river. My tomatoes, jalapenos, and strawberries all have a better

My husband came up with a great idea for raised garden beds! Hugel mounds, built inside of four pallets nailed together, and lined with stapled landscape fabric. The boxes are mostly filled with driftwood,

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