It has been showery here for a week and this morning I noticed the "hugelkultur effect" demonstrated in my driveway:
I know we have all seen this before with a pile of organic matter on an impervious surface but I thought it would be good to snap a photo for illustration purposes.
Upon close inspection of the barkdust pile I noticed that the water only penetrated about 12 inches, below that it was completely dry. But still that was enough to give off water after the rain stopped (which it did yesterday).