Hey there I live in the Santa Cruz mountains. I'm looking to build out a lot of hugel beds this spring. I have redwood, pine, bay, oak, and madrone wood to use. I would like to use the redwood and pine to build the beds and fences.
I'm wondering what wood on my property I could use for the hugel? Oak? Seems like bay is way too oily and would be antifungal/bacterial as would the pine and redwood. I often see mushrooms around the madrone and oak. So I'm thinking those for inside the hugel beds maybe mixed with redwood/pine bark to keep the acidity down. We have a well on the property with pretty high pH hard water.
Any recommendations? I would like to put berries in some of them so maybe more acidic stuff in those?
