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[https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/4214/Hugelkultur-Raised-Beds/ by Dave Whitinger LEARNING LIBRARY] | [https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/4214/Hugelkultur-Raised-Beds/ by Dave Whitinger LEARNING LIBRARY] | ||
When you walk out into the forest, one of the first things you will notice is that the ground is soft, loaded with organic material and generally moist even in the driest part of summer. The reason for these conditions is the effect of leaf litter and rotting logs collecting over the years on the surface of the soil. | When you walk out into the forest, one of the first things you will notice is that the ground is soft, loaded with organic material and generally moist even in the driest part of summer. The reason for these conditions is the effect of leaf litter and rotting logs collecting over the years on the surface of the soil. | ||
=====Frugal Hugelkultur: How to Build the Ultimate Raised Garden Bed===== | |||
[https://zerowastechef.com/2021/11/29/build-hugelkultur-raised-garden-beds/ by Anne-Marie Bonneau 3/6/25 ZERO WASTE CHEF] | |||
The base of a hugelkultur raised bed contains a layer of dead logs and branches—organic material that, in the old days, I would have tossed into my yard waste bin for my city’s green waste truck to pick up and convert into mulch. That puts the stuff to good use. Like food scraps, yard waste belongs back in the soil, not in a landfill where it generates planet-heating methane gas as it breaks down. | |||
