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Creating a Hugelkultur BedBelow are some photos of a new hugelkultur bed we are creating.The bed is actually anexpansion of a berry bed.The ground to the left of the first photo is where I have baby blueberry bushes. The ground to the right is a path and then a second and established berry bed.We arewidening the berry bed and narrowing the path to make room for more green chile plants.For us, hugelkultur is a way to grow in areas that most would never consider use-able.I hope bylearning to grow in marginal areas I can share what I find with others and also provideencouragement to others.
 
Sean is digging the trench where we are putting the Hugelkultur bed. We do not tillour soil. But when we are establishing hugelkultur beds in very poor areas wherethere is only heavy clay or mostly subsoil, we've found that double digging the bed before adding the rotted logs, twigs, trimmings, grass clippings, pulled weeds andkitchen scraps works much better.Sean decided to get a little ahead in his Spanish and listened to a Pimsleur Spanish lesson while he worked. He kept repeating the Spanish words aloud whilehe dug.The ditch ended up being about 22 feet long and about 3 feet wide and 22inches or more deep.In this first photo you are facing east.The photos do not show that this is a fairlydecent slope.Jill found her own way to dig.SWe experimented before deciding to dfour beds and double dug two before asimply heaped the rotted wood and resheap with soil.I think because we muand subsoil, the double dug beds did never again. They will remain strictly nmicrobes will live happily ever after.
 
A curious spider found his way into our way!Its a bad photo but if you notice theshovel you can see our curious spider ws fairly large AND youcan see that the soilis very much red clay. You can also see that intrepid bermuda that tries to take over everything.Some spots in our yard are so bad that not even bermuda will grow!At the top of the hill we struck halfwais no need to dig into good dirt.Weand m
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it would be great to be able to see the whole of this doc as i am just about to make one. josh

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