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[https://permies.com/t/102832/Started-Hugelkultur-Beds by Daron Williams] | [https://permies.com/t/102832/Started-Hugelkultur-Beds by Daron Williams] | ||
This week's blog post - Hugelkultur Beds: The Best Raised Beds for Your Garden is the first in a 3 part series all about hugelkultur beds. This first post is all about the basics you need to get started with hugelkultur beds. The next 2 will cover the types of hugelkultur beds and how to build them. | This week's blog post - Hugelkultur Beds: The Best Raised Beds for Your Garden is the first in a 3 part series all about hugelkultur beds. This first post is all about the basics you need to get started with hugelkultur beds. The next 2 will cover the types of hugelkultur beds and how to build them. | ||
=====How To: Make a Hugelkultur Raised Garden Bed===== | |||
[https://www.pnwsalmoncenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Online-How-To_-Hugelkultur-2.pdf] | |||
What is hugelkultur? | |||
Hugelkultur (hoo-gul-culture), is a German horticulture method to make raised beds that uses | |||
rotting wood to provide nutrients for fruits, vegetables, and herbs. This permaculture technique | |||
allows gardeners to replicate nutrient cycles that occur in natural forest areas. It acts very similar | |||
to nurse logs, which are fallen trees that serve as nutrient sources to surrounding plants, like | |||
western hemlock, Sitka spruce, and salal, as they decay. By layering different materials | |||
(compost, mulch, fertilizer, etc.) on top of the wood to provide additional nutrients, gardeners are | |||
able to create a self-sustaining raised bed. | |||
