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I have a bunch of tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, watermelon, squashes, zucchini, pumpkins, cucumbers, onions, shallots, lettuces, spinach, broccoli, kale, cabbages, oregano, and thyme going now. Im sure Im forgetting something.   I have peas and wheat planted already.  Im planning on direct seeding a bunch of other herbs and some things when the time comes.  Also, seed potatoes should get her this week. I just finished building the new potato hugelbed on Sunday.

lol, no.

I keep seeing the term hugelbed and I missed something somewhere. What is that?

31371 said:
I keep seeing the term hugelbed and I missed something somewhere. What is that?

Hi Spotted,

Hugelkultur was invented in Europe in the late 70s-early 80s.  Basically a Hugelbed is a mound or bed with buried  rotting wood underneath.  The wood provides organic material, nutrients and irrigates the bed.  They are widely popular in permaculture.  It has really been perfected in my opinion by Sepp Holzer, an Austrian permaculturist and farmer.  As the wood in the ground slowly rots and decays it can hold an enormous volume of water that it can release to the plants along with carbon and other nutrients.  I have slowly been converting all of my garden beds to hugelbeds.  It's a lot of labor, but I feel it's worth it in the long run when you can lower your long term irrigation needs.