Kate Potter

Dave - you can totally do it with ruminants! Especially cows (probably sheep, too), who don't need access to shelter. Just start "stockpiling" forage mid-summer so you can ration it out, moving your electric line, through the winter. See the book "Get the Hay Out" by Jim Gerrish.

Two large-ish hogs died of heat stroke last year on our farm. We buried them well in a woodchip pile. There was never ANY smell or grossness or even signs of disturbance by wild animals. It was pretty phenomenal, and I think the decomposition went quite fast.

I'm in the process of erecting a 22 x 40' hoophouse. Dreading the backbreaking traditional bed preparation. Has anyone ever put hugelkultur beds in their hoophouse? Any reason not to do it?