My First Hugelkulture Garden Bed

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Permaculture? What is it? Well I'm still learning to answer that question for myself, but basically it's designing our environment more like nature. When we mimic nature our gardens will thrive and be more self sustaining. We help the soil along by providing more materials like compost, clippings, mulch and in the case of Hugelkulture we bury wood.

It is my goal to use my farm in a more sustainable way. Or as a gardening buddy of mine on Google+, +Dan Grubbs,  says "regenerative". The idea of restoring our land to a more fertile and fruitful existence.

This is all new to me too. I'm learning right along side you. Here is my first experiment with Hugelkulture. As the experiment goes along I'll add pictures and video to this post. So, bookmark it and come back! :)

Watch this video :)

Starting the Hugelkulture Bed - Daddykirbs Garden Blog

This next video shows some of the "next steps" I took to make this bed work better.

Since that first bed felt so good... I built a second. Here is a series of pics for that second bed.

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Logs covers with mulch - view from the South

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Logs covers with mulch - view from the North

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Covered with first layer of dirt

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Layered with horse manure compost

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Layered with horse manure compost - view from the South (Awesome shot of my beautiful little 'bota in the background)

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Layered with horse manure compost

Daddykirbs Garden: Hugel Bed #2 Final layer of mulch/dirt blend.

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