Fortunately the
local municipalities
sell compost pretty cheap - it's the waste from people's green bins from the cities. The space I'm considering hasn't been managed properly for years, so there are plenty of dead standing
trees I can safely remove for Hugelbeds and make my own charcoal/ash. I might consider some crush limestone in the bottom of the bed, to help prevent the acidity from rising up through the hugel. The stoney ground won't matter so much if I'm using a hugel, since I'm essentially building a
raised bed.
The elevation is quite high at the site I'm considering, so I'm hoping that the hugels and trees can also help prevent too much wind damage from occuring. Without doing any kind of other studies though I don't actually know what the wind is actually like up there. On the plus side - if there is higher winds up there I can get power from wind turbines
