waylon shannon

Thanks Paulo, will leave woodash out of bed. I normally put a bit of woodash round blackcurrant bushes supposed to be good I hear. Probs is i have loads of ash & found its not very good in large amounts in my compost heap is there anything to be done with it in large amounts I wonder.

I'll try this used to make my own candles great fun & cheap but blackened my walls cost more in repainting!

Is it ok to get rid of my woodash as i'm building my hugelkultur & also the leaves I collected in Autumn or will it affect the drainage?

I don't even know what the apples mean! But I agree with Mark you deserve an apple for your post.

Thanks Jackie, i'll have to try it in horses water as they don't have grain only grass & haylage theyr'e not worked only used as lawn mowers & muck provider's!

This stuff sounds great would like to use it as wormer for my cat's dog & ponies. Only worry I have is with 1 cat who has asthma & 1 of the ponies can only have haylage he coughs like an old smoker with hay & straw. wonder if it would work mashed well in cat & dog food & mixed in the water bucket for ponies?

Thanks Angelika do we have to dig a trench for the wood? I've already started but with the wood just laid on top of grass it's going to look like a giant grave when i've finished will stand out a bit though - get the neighbours talking!

Thanks at least i'm on the right track I've only put wood on surface of garden haven't buried it just going to put large stones round it to try keep a decent shape & will just load everything on top going to enjoy this.

New to all this, but have been making lasagne beds using horsemuck straw & my nearly ready compost. Want to try hugelkultur got me wood ready but no soil only my compost & straw & horse, sheep hen muck. Soil here is very stony mountain land. We also get a lot of rain & strong winds. Could you use shrub prunings i've got a load of butterfly bush I could get rid of? Any help gratefully received!