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[https://permacultureplants.com/hugelkultur-raised-beds/ by Elizabeth Waddington PermaculturePlants] | [https://permacultureplants.com/hugelkultur-raised-beds/ by Elizabeth Waddington PermaculturePlants] | ||
Hugelkultur draws on traditional practices to allow us to create raised beds with a number of benefits for plants, and for us. In this guide, we will introduce you to this concept, and its benefits, and help you successfully implement this idea where you live. | Hugelkultur draws on traditional practices to allow us to create raised beds with a number of benefits for plants, and for us. In this guide, we will introduce you to this concept, and its benefits, and help you successfully implement this idea where you live. | ||
=====How I created a 'hügelkultur' bed, using free and recycled materials to save money on soil===== | |||
[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-23/filling-raised-garden-beds-on-a-budget-huegelkultur/103488548 by Koren Helbig 22/2/24 ABC] | |||
Devised in Austria centuries ago, hügelkultur involves stacking piles of old wood and other garden prunings into a soil-covered mound, creating raised beds that purportedly 'take care of themselves'. | |||
After building four raised veggie beds in my backyard, I baulked at buying in loads of costly soil and compost to fill them. | |||
