Tony McGuigan

Thanks Dale. Nice to hear your perspective, and good timing, too. Will load up (deep) the hugel with poplar now, run some sprouting experiments in the future.

FYI: Thought this correction to my post was funny, "The specific error message is: [deleted] is a silly English abbreviation; use "thanks" instead."

I like what I hear about poplar's all-round, middle of the road qualities in a hugelbed AND it's super sponge attribute. Am I right to treat it similarly to willow in it's rooting ability and to take similar precautions? BTW, my first post here. Awesome site!!!