I'm in the Rocky Mountains in Idaho at 6500 feet. We just build a greenhouse attached to our house and put in 3' raised beds - direct contact with the earth. The soil is bone dry in there right now and looks completely lifeless. I've started to put snow and snowmelt in there and covered with cardboard to hold in some moisture. I plan to add logs, sticks, soil, and finished compost to mimic Hugelkultur. I've been collecting my kitchen scraps all winter in an Urban Composter using their Accelerator spray ("This organic spray breaks down and ferments the organic waste in the bucket") When the indoor bucket fills up, I dump it in a bin that lives outside in the cold. I don't know if that kills all the living organisms, or if they just go dormant. I want to add this collection to the raised bed Hugelkultur mix too. Questions:
1. Should I add anything else to activate life in the soil? Or will critters find their way in when it gets warm out? (the concrete walls around the greenhouse are buried about 3')
2. Should I add any mycorrhizae?
3. What order would you layer all this?
4. Other advice?
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