The creation of hugelkulture beds requires massive amounts of
wood waste. And people pay good money to get rid of branches and tree stumps.
So this makes for a perfect off farm source of income and an abundant source of biomass for
city dwellers who are unlikely to have great quantities of wood lying around. You are also bound to fall into plenty of good
firewood.
I did tree pruning professionally for a few years and had to pay to get rid of this material. Most days I produced more than one heavily laden pickup truck full of waste. Not only did I spend money dumping, I also spent a chunk of every day traveling to and from the branch dump. Had I been in a position to haul this stuff home the whole operation would have been more
profitable and more efficient. I'm getting back into the business in a small way just until my beds are finished. On large lot clearing projects I will use 40
yard containers to transport the material. I'll still use my pickup truck so that I can keep good firewood and fencepost material separate from the rot pile.
If setting up a landscaping business is not your thing you can still get paid to create your hugelkulture beds simply by finding landscapers who produce this material. There may be some concern with herbicides and pesticides when gathering grass and other garden waste but plenty of
trees never get sprayed.