Micky Lee

I just got a 80 sq ft plot at a community garden. The beds are raised about a foot. I have been toying with the idea of digging one foot below the surrounding area in my plot so the bed is then 2 feet deep. I thought I'd try to get a bunch of one-foot logs and stack them side-by-side vertically so I'd have a one-foot deep bed of logs. I could fill them in with wood chips, etc. Then spread a bunch of chopped up fungi on top to help inoculate them. Finally, I'd replace the one-foot deep soil that had been there originally.

In a couple of years, it should be a good producer for a number of years afterward.

But is all that work worth a one-foot deep hugel? We're having a drought in California. I think it might be a great idea for me.

I just got a plot at a community garden where half of the soil is sand. While researching, I learned that mycelium can "contain" sand and help it to retain water over time. That was just a few months ago. I found a soil amendment that inoculate mycelium. I've put it down and hope to have some better, no-till, soil in a few years.