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Hügelkultur (usually transliterated into English as “hugelkultur”) is a method of gardening that has been used for centuries in Eastern Europe and Germany, often as part of a broader permaculture system. Hügelkultur is a mound bed or mound culture. It is a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and other compostable biomass plant materials is later planted as a raised bed. Considered a permaculture practice, advocates claim that the technique helps to improve soil fertility, water retention, and soil warming, thus benefitting plants grown on or near such mounds.

=====What the Heck Is Hugelkultur?=====

[https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/garden-styles-and-types/what-the-heck-is-hugelkultur by Julie Martens Forney HGTV]

When you build a hugelkultur bed, you layer materials, just like when you put together a compost pile. By layering carbon-rich brown materials (logs, branches, brush), which decompose slowly, with nitrogen-rich greens (weeds, grass clippings) and manure, which decompose quickly, you create a planting bed that’s self-tilling and full of air pockets that help plant roots thrive.

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   Hügelkultur (usually transliterated into English as “hugelkultur”) is a method of gardening that has been used for centuries in Eastern Europe and Germany, often as part of a broader permaculture system. Hügelkultur is a mound bed or mound culture. It is a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and other compostable biomass plant materials is later planted as a raised bed. Considered a permaculture practice, advocates claim that the technique helps to improve soil fertility, water retention, and soil warming, thus benefitting plants grown on or near such mounds.
+=====What the Heck Is Hugelkultur?=====
+[https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/garden-styles-and-types/what-the-heck-is-hugelkultur by Julie Martens Forney HGTV]
+ When you build a hugelkultur bed, you layer materials, just like when you put together a compost pile. By layering carbon-rich brown materials (logs, branches, brush), which decompose slowly, with nitrogen-rich greens (weeds, grass clippings) and manure, which decompose quickly, you create a planting bed that’s self-tilling and full of air pockets that help plant roots thrive.