The three new hugelkultur beds in progress: They're built on contour and mostly filled with oak (it's what we have a lot of). Two are filled and covered and I've just begun shaping and amending the soil. I've added wood ash since the pH is pretty low and am going to add Redmond minerals, homemade compost (which was made with a focus on mycelium growth), and aged manure. Some of which I will wait until spring to add so the microbiology is awake and ready to get to action. Two of the beds will be planted with Asparagus and june-bearing Strawberries and the third will be my apothecary space. Most of what will be planted will be perennial so the first year the plants will put their energy into growing roots. This means I can fill in around these perennials with oodles of annuals and really utilize as much of the area as possible. The secondary hope in all of this is that we give our honey bees and the native pollinators another space to find more nectar and pollen.
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