Just a quick walk around the land while I gently plan out what the next phases are for my HUGEL BEDS….
At the top of the land I’ve got some pretty large ones with the base layers already made up - consisting of mainly pine branches and broom, AKA kindling in waiting.
Fire risk aside, these beds have ended forming a fairly natural looking boundary between the upper living and parking area which is relatively flat, before the land drops away into its rather steep slope.
I consider the next step for these beds which is basically as follows:
- Bark chips layer, I’ve got plenty from chopping wood.
- Any dirt I can find
- A thin layer of bought in compost - the thinner the better as I’m a tight wad.
- Then I’ll plant as soon as the first rains come in autumn.
I’ll have to think carefully about what I put in these - it will need to be acid loving plants.
Roses spring to mind for starters…
I also have a look at where I’m going to make ‘the mother of all huge beds’ - just to the side of the final upper olive terrace - I can drop A LOT of material in there and handily enough there’s a nearby area of excess dirt from the path construction and another nearby area that I want to dig out and level off, a perfect combination.
I’m determined to burn as little as possible going forwards, all of this matter is soil waiting to built, and a man simply MUST hugel!
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