Simon Klein

Scott Charles wrote:
I've grown tons of greens, loads of bush beans and pole beans, chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squashes along with a mix of carrots, beets, and some others in the hugels.  all of it has done incredibly well, far outproducing the neighbors who are doing traditional gardens with tilling and fertilizers.  I think if you are worried about the nitrogen loss the first couple seasons you could add compost over the bed and be fine, as those shallow roots will take it up from there and do well.  I tend to do this any time I harvest a crop and am getting ready to sow another one - I just spread an inch of fresh compost over the whole area first.  I've learned that keeping something - anything - growing to cover the soil at all times is the best method, even if it's just some beans or peas that won't have enough time to produce a harvest, I use them as a cover crop and then chop and drop to protect the soil over the winter.  then I watch the neighbors clear off their gardens and leave them bare for the winter and wish I was better at pitching these new ideas to folks...

Hey, thank you for this helpful post and ideas!
I have also soil that is almost sand.  Looking forward to spring!

Good luck!

Hallo

I am tyding up the land of my grandmother, that has been left for quite a while.

The moment i read about Hugelkultur, i just went for it, as i don't have soo much time, and it seemed perfect to get rid of some wood, and to stop some weeds from taking over the garden.
Planted salad, raddish, cale, spinach on it as i figured i woud still get something out of it this year.
Now that i'm done, i started reading more, and i read that saland  and spinat should be avoided in the first 2 years as they would absorb to much nitrogen?

Is this a real concern? Can i do something about it? Or should i remove all the seeds?

Any comments would be greatly appreachiated, i'm getting into permaculture, but also have still quite many other things to do