We were planning on creating some hugelkulture beds this winter. But yesterday one hour from dark, SO informs me he is going to play on the tractor. I know what this means because after his 5th prize at the local Giant Pumpkin competition last weekend he told me about a cunning plan for next year's competition. Of course he wants to grow his next Giant Pumpkin on a hugelkulture bed. After a short while I went out to see he had dug a pit trench thing about 3 m long and about 1.5m deep and 2m across. He put a big pinus radiata log in that we had and then some hardwood logs and then some small branches cut from near the powerlines by AGL, then all our corn stalks that I had just dug up. On dark he put the hose in until the trench was full of water to try and get the pine log to soak up some initial moisture. Apparently a big bucket of dried blood is going over it all and a sprinkle of some compost before we pile all the soil back in and over. Time will tell how that concoction works!
Very cool MITH - interested to find out how it goes as the depth of the trench seems pretty full-on for a HK
Exciting stuff, would love to hear how it goes! At my local community garden we are trying it for fruit trees we are about to plant, only we are doing it at a smaller level than you. We have dug holes around 1m wide by 50cm deep, then filled with sticks/logs and compost and will make small mounds on top of these to plant into. I love the idea of it.
