trying to map this out in my mind, and i really am only coming up with a few things. I can see that getting an orchard ladder to a tree surrounded by 5' mounds would be an issue, as well, i'd rather not walk on the planting area to extensively or at all(the
hugel beds). I have
enough wood that i can cover the entire area(about 8 acres) with hugel beds, and, that would be a great thing until the
trees grow up and take up most of the space, as production moves away from herbaceous things to tree products. HOWEVER, i don't want to separate anything, i'd rather grow vegetables/etc under/around the trees, but, again, getting to the fruit in the trees would be a chore if there were giant mounds around it. hmmm...