Jennifer Panicacci

Thank you to everyone who replied to my question.

I did investigate GetChipDrop.com and it looks great, except
that I don't need 20 cu. yards of material.  😆

I will keep on looking though, and I really appreciate
everyone's suggestions.

Cheers,
Jen Panicacci

Good Morning from Marin County

PLEASE-- can anyone tell me a good (hopefully easy and quick) place to buy untreated logs for
my permaculture berms?  I'm in San Rafael California and I'd love to find out where you all
get your wood.

If logs are not readily available, would it be healthy for my berm to have untreated lumber
as a base?  I really have no trees around to chop down.

Thank you,
Jennifer

Great, thank you Anne and Brody.
OK, I will eliminate firewood from my layers.

One last thing: is it okay to use dyed mulch in one of these beds?
It seems it would be toxic and decompose much slower.

Thanks again,
Jen P

Hi Jen:

Yes, I'm wanting to do hugel in my 16" deep raised cedar beds.  
Thanks for the tips, I can't wait to get started on it and actually
get the thing layered in and done!

I plan for the layers to go in something like this:

1. big chunks of wood/logs
2.  chicken manure compacted down with wood chips to
    fill in as many cracks as possible and add nitrogen
3.  3" wood chips layer
4.  hopefully 2" layer of leaves
5.  compost
6.  soil and amendments
7.  plant in
8.  straw mulch on top

Thanks for the good wishes!
Jen P

Hi, thank you for your replies!

I've got 16-inch deep-root beds to fill; that's pretty
much why I want to fill up space with at least 1 layer of
logs.  

I also do want to plant deep-root vegetables and other
things like flowers.

I would *love* to find free wood, believe me.  I'm also
looking for free wood chips, but the tree guys in my area
only bring like 20-25 cu. yds of it!  I only need about 2 cu
yds.  Yikes, right?

Otherwise, if I can't find wood I'm going to have to buy it,
and yep, it's a major investment.

Would love your thoughts.
Jen P

Hi Everyone:  I'm new to permaculture and my firewood guy says he offers a mix of walnut, oak, and almond.
But he says the walnut is not "black walnut".  I can't find free wood anywhere in Marin County (they think we're
wealthy, which we're not).  He wants to charge me $220 for 1/4 cord of wood.

Is it okay to put these three kinds of wood into the bottom of my hugelkultur beds?  I really want to do it right the
first time.  Please don't laugh at me, my insecurity about my gardening skill is at about 11 out of 10 right now.

Thanks for your reply.

Jen in Northern California 🙂

(zone 10b, but I like to say anything from 6a to 10b because practically none of my plants have survived.)

Hi Everyone:

I'm new to permaculture and my firewood guy says he offers a mix of walnut, oak, and almond.
But he says the walnut is not "black walnut"

Is it okay to put these three woods into the bottom of my hugelkultur beds?

Thanks for your reply.

Jen in California