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Is this a good base for hugel?

 
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I'm planning on piling smaller branches around it is it a good spot?
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Looks fine to me, but I don't claim any great knowledge of huegles. Do you have lots of smaller logs to add too?
Are you going to have machines help dig up soil or do it by hand?
 
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I like your thinking, but would adjust a few things based on a decent amount of hugel experience and reading. That horizontal log will make a good base for a large hugel, but probably needs part of it cut and moved if you want to bury it more easily and beneficially. This is because for most species, if the upright tree on the left is alive, a hugel right up to its bark above the root collar would be bad for that tree. If it is already dead, then it would wick moisture into the air, like any wood sticking out of a hugel will do. I would cut the log in manageable lengths back to the dripline of the other tree if it is alive. If it is dead, i’d cut back a wheelbarrow’s path width between the hugel and snag, and cut the right side of the log so it pretty much all lays on the ground.

I would also just make sure you have a 1%+ slope on the path on the uphill side, to avoid building a floating dam.
 
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