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My wife and i just moved and I am very excited to start from scratch on a roughly 3500 square foot garden. Main issue is there's a fairly high water table (roughly 18-24" deep) on the lower portion of my garden. I know hugelkulture is good for retaining water for the dry season. Would it be feasible in this scenario to use hugel mounds to get the growing area up away from the water table? I have an abundance of older logs and fresh trimmed branches to use in the construction, would be nice to be able to put them to use instead of just burning them.
 
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My suggestion would be to improve the area with organic matter such as straw, wood chip, leaves, etc to build the base of the hugelkulture bed above the water table.  Make the bed above ground rather than inground.

Then make the beds high and steep.

By building up to 3 feet or more above ground you will ensure plant roots have dry, aerated soil above the high water table.

Does this make sense?
 
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Yes, it does make sense. However I doubt it'll be something I can put into use. My wife tends to care more about the aesthetic side than the practical side when it comes to gardening. So, would laying a base of wood and leaf litter covered in compost and soil to make a shorter, flat platform type of hugel mound be better than nothing?
 
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I think it would Justin. Anything to keep the roots out of waterlogged soil will help them.
 
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