That will hold in the moisture, only problem is the mice burrow into it.
Diversified Food forest maker . Fill every niche and you'll have less weeds (the weeds are the crop too). Fruit, greens, wild harvest, and nuts as staple. Food processing and preservation are key to self self-sufficiency. Never eat a plant without posetive identification and/or consulting an expert.
Would you turn that thing down? I'm controlling a mind here! Look ... look at the tiny ad ...
A rocket mass heater heats your home with one tenth the wood of a conventional wood stove