posted 10 years ago
I asked about planting trees of hugel beds last year, and people replied that as the wood rots down, it settles. Most trees don't take very kindly to the shape of the ground changing under them, apparently. So it might be better to plant your tree to the side of the hugel bed, where it can send its roots in there as much as it wants, but structurally the tree will be on more solid ground.
Works at a residential alternative high school in the Himalayas SECMOL.org . "Back home" is Cape Cod, E Coast USA.