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[https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/the-many-benefits-of-hugelkultur/ by permaculture] | [https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/the-many-benefits-of-hugelkultur/ by permaculture] | ||
Instead of putting branches, leaves and grass clippings in bags by the curbside for the bin men… build a hugel bed. Simply mound logs, branches, leaves, grass clippings, straw, cardboard, petroleum-free newspaper, manure, compost or whatever other biomass you have available, top with soil and plant your veggies. | Instead of putting branches, leaves and grass clippings in bags by the curbside for the bin men… build a hugel bed. Simply mound logs, branches, leaves, grass clippings, straw, cardboard, petroleum-free newspaper, manure, compost or whatever other biomass you have available, top with soil and plant your veggies. | ||
=====Hugelkultur Raised Beds===== | |||
[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. | |||
