Having the desire and time to start a
hugel of my very own I read as much as I could find including the amazing selection here, but once started I realised that I am probably making numerous mistakes.
I have one bed of misc
wood: stumps, trunks, branches, and some fallen leaves/debris 11 feet long, 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall. There is a good deal of rich
local soil along with the wood and I am trying to place inversed sod all over the bed to allow more soil on top. Problem i find is KEEPING the sod and soil in place to get seedlings in soon. Suggestion anyone?
This is the first of 5 beds I would like to prep this year, I have lots of soil and sod to transfer and not far from here I can load my pickup with decomposed and freshly fallen/cut
trees and bring them to my plot.
Another problem I have is that I am working alone and it is quite an undertaking, a 5 hour load/unload of wood is not unusual and so far i have made 5 rould trips to supply my greedy new beds, plus I am limited to the size of the stumps, trunks etc that I can physically handle.
Has anyone had a similar situation?
I spend so much time in the garden, such as it is, that my wife thinks I am crazy, perhaps I am
Thanks in advance.