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Hügelkultur Raised Beds
:barnie Deer in the Gardens Again - More Damage Had to play a little catch up today on getting things done quickly. One of my hügelkultur raised beds has nine SuperSweet 100 vine tomatoes in it. I have a wooden trellis frame up and around that bed. I made some wood framed panels with... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
⚠️ Hügelkultur Bed with Pallet Wood Cut Offs I finished another pallet wood raised bed v2.0 yesterday and got it moved out to the garden. Instead of filling it with the typical logs, I used about six 5-gallon buckets full of pallet wood cut offs, bits and pieces, and some branches that fell on... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
Thanks. I decided against using the plastic to make a ring around some soil to plant in. Instead, I just dug out a hole in the grass clipping on the mound put a couple shovels of compost in the hole, then put some squash plants in the compost. I think that will work fine. If not, I like the... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
Exactly, it's a good hobby for me at my age. Keeps me active and out of other trouble. I like working with pallet wood because I can custom make my raised beds, or planters, to any size or height I want. I have made a number of pallet wood flower planters for Dear Wife, all different sizes... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
:bow That raised bed looks amazing. You must really have a green thumb. Years ago, when the cost of lumber went through the roof, I built some raised beds using that same type of galvanized steel panel. My galvanized steel panel raised beds are 4X4 feet and only 16 inches high. I used some... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
Update on planting into the hügelkultur mound with tons of grass clipping dumped on the pile... Well, I ended up just creating a cavity in the grass clippings on top of that mound and put a couple shovels full of fresh compost in the hole. I had some extra Acorn Squash plants that were... -
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Yeah, no desire to cover the whole mound with topsoil at this time. My six-foot-tall mound of branches has already compacted to about five feet tall with all the heavy grass clippings I have dumped on it. I think some grass clippings will be enough and then maybe plant something in it. I was... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
I made some potholes in one place at another location and planted some of my extra zucchini in it. I am still dumping grass clippings on that hügelkultur mound but think I'll fill up a pothole or two and plant some type of squash there as well. The mounds in that picture are just not in a very... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
:lau Dear Wife has her ways to get me involved in her projects without directly asking me as well. At any rate, building a pallet wood raised bed is not rocket science and I think you could learn how to use the basic tools in no time if that's what you want. I have lots of good tools, saws, and... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
Well, I can give you an estimate on what I use to make my 4X4 foot pallet wood raised bed v2.0 design, if that helps. I use long screws for the top and bottom 2X4 frames because I am screwing into end grain wood. I use two 3 or 3-1/2-inch screws per corner on the frame, or 16 long screws... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
I planted some Zucchini in that bed this morning. Although it might grow just fine in 4 inches of compost, I built up some mounds in the bed and transplanted the plants into the mounds. So, there will be 6-8 inches for the roots immediately in the mound and maybe only about 4 inches in the rest... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
🤔 New Hügelkultur Raised Bed with Only 4 Inches of Soil? I built a new pallet wood raised bed v2.0 last fall and hauled it to the backyard... Instead of filling the bed with my typical logs, I filled this one with pallet wood cut offs and scrap wood. I had to clean out my garage and I thought... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
⚠️ Hügelkultur Mounds? I have been busy spring cleaning my yard. I have one section on the side edge of my property that I have been piling up junk wood for a few years. The pile is almost 6 feet high now. Today, I was mowing the lawn and had excess grass clippings that I decided to dump on... -
Hügelkultur Raised Beds
Thanks. That was a good article. I took a screenshot of the chart of expected seed life. I will have to check my seeds to see the dates on the packages - which I kept. But I think I will use this chart and thin out my older seeds. -
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:idunno I have really poor starter plants this year. I bought good potting soil, but I think my seeds may have been too old. Only about 1/4 of the pots have any plants growing. What seeds did sprout are growing well, but lots of the older seeds (3+ years old) did not sprout at all. I probably... -
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That's a great idea. Will you plant again in that spot next year or will you start new boxes in another clay area? I can see advantages using either approach. As I have mentioned, I moved to raised beds because my native soil is too sandy - I live on a lake. My approach was to build up... -
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I think that makes a big difference. But I don't think I would want a truck full of fresh cow/horse manure dumped in my front yard. :idunno Don't know what to say about that! I grew up in a hunting family. I was out in the field hunting deer with my grandpa when I was about 5 years old. I... -
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:lau I grew up in a small rural town. I can still smell (in my mind) the cows on the pasture up wind from us! I'm sure you had beautiful roses, but how long was it before you felt comfortable working in that fresh manure garden? I talk a lot about my Black Gold chicken run compost. It's great... -
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It's great to hear so many other ways of using wood to improve our soil. Your "hugel holes" idea sounds like it might work great for some people, like me, that have really poor native soil. -
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I would love to try hydroponics for growing food indoors in our long, cold, Minnesota winters. I have never done it. I think the people that are successful with hydroponics are part chemists. There is a lot of science behind growing plants successfully in water. Sounds like they have the start...