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Large scale hugelkultur?

 
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Hello all,

A friend of mine is a partner in a 1,300 acre property in CA, outside of Yosemite. It is a high risk fire area and they are constantly clearing dead trees and brush. A lot of it has to be burned in the winter because it is too large for chipping. While a huge bonfire is fun and solved the problem of getting rid of what becomes dry season tinder, it seems like a waste. Does anyone know of any large-scale hugelkultur examples? .

To me it seems doable. The land is already quite contoured naturally, and has creeks and ponds and lots of different environments. They have heavy equipment on the property.
 
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There are several folks who have done some large hugelkulture mounds.

What are you calling large scale?  One great big one like this:

https://permies.com/t/giant-hugelkultur

Or lots of beds over a large area similar to this?

https://permies.com/t/24277/Large-Scale-Hugel-Beds
 
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