Thanks for your reply! I will look forward to seeing your projects in person, hopefully, come spring time. In the mean time, you said you haven't had any trouble building hugel beds from this ashe juniper (Texas cedar)? I have plenty of it on my 3 acres. Each Christmas break I rent a chipper to make mulch out of it. It's been great for that. If it works for Hugel beds, I will rent a smaller chipper this year and put the bigger pieces in the bottom of my project beds.
Have you had any luck making swales from hugel mounds? I have about 3" of soil and then it is nearly solid limestone. I was thinking of trying the hugel/swale to see how it works out.
