entrailer Hatfield wrote:Paul and THC,
Thanks for your replies.
Yep, you are right it def does depend.
But what I am looking for is tolerances, minimums.
I am temperate UK, northern.
Be good to get your input generally before I tell you my intentions. Because I don't want to look at this as an individual case, rather one end of the scale; when planting trees/perens on to unrotted biomass.
As for your pics online. I've viewed these many times. However what would be great is if you have any pics of this bed in production over the years since it was done that would be great also.
Thanks again,
Niels
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
Ben Zumeta wrote:You can use pretty much anything but redwood or cedar (highly tannic and well preserved). I would make sure those invasives or weeds are truly dead, as I have apples and plums sprouting from my beds regularly after using prunings. For weeds I'd just make a weed tea with them to ensure they are dead and then use them in the bed.
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Jeanine Gurley Jacildone wrote:Yes Leslie, I live in the Sandhills area of South Carolina. I bury wood and compost all of the time. Many areas here are pure sand and I find burying organic matter the best way to build a good soil. If you want to help it along even further add some worms to the hole or trench.
paul wheaton wrote: I like to plot out the bed, lay on the wood, and then dig down about a foot and pile that on top of the bed. So you end up with a foot of soil on top of the wood. If you had a lot of wood, the first year that bed will be okay. The second year will be better. The third year will be excellent.
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Imogen Skye wrote:I'm not sure if this has been covered...
1) Does it matter which direction the HK beds are in relation to the sun, or can I just use them as berms along the edges of my property in whichever way that happens to be? I have a lot of overhead sun all summer, and only partial shade on one side.
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C. Letellier wrote:A different way to see the long term power of hugelkulture. The affects can carry hundreds of years.
Henge showing in modern field
The henges are actually a series of concentric circles created by placing large posts in the ground. When the henge fell out of disuse or was burned down, the underground portions of the posts rotted away, changing the composition of the soil in the posthole, causing it to retain more moisture. During a drought, while the surrounding crops yellow, the plants over the post holes have a slight advantage.
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Roberto pokachinni wrote:Here's the quote that stands out hugulkultur wise from the article that Bonnie linked to.
The henges are actually a series of concentric circles created by placing large posts in the ground. When the henge fell out of disuse or was burned down, the underground portions of the posts rotted away, changing the composition of the soil in the posthole, causing it to retain more moisture. During a drought, while the surrounding crops yellow, the plants over the post holes have a slight advantage.
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C. Letellier wrote:Longest lasting may not equal best result should be remembered here. The simple point is that this isn't simply a short term gain. Whether it lasts 20 years, 100 years or thousands it changes the world for the long haul. This simply shows that we can in a clear cut demonstration covering some real history. It may be that to get best affect you want it to die off in just decades. Or maybe it will be good for 100 years. This simply shows the long term power under some conditions. And this may have been forested in the mean time so what you are actually seeing is generations of tree roots taking advantage of that little better moisture and in the process adding their own material to the longevity of the process. But any way you look at it this isn't a short term fix.
Certainly. That is the key take away lesson! I'm grateful for the information.the seemingly simple act of sinking a wooden post into the ground can have profound effects that ripple through thousands of years.
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