Make a berm or hugelkultur - PEM BB earthworks.straw.berm

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Earthworks.

Steep and tall berms (or hugelkultur) can block winds, frost, noise and neighbors.  They can provide interesting growing spaces.  Let's have a bit of fun with an excavator (hopefully) and build a tall berm!

 
 

Here's a video by Paul Wheaton about hugelkultur:


Minimum requirements:
  - At least 8 feet high
  - 20 feet long
  - 14 feet wide or less
  - Path halfway up on at least one side
  - Immediately seeded and mulched

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - Landscape you're starting with
  - Berm/hugel location marked out from 2 vantage points
     - Showing length and intended width at the base
  - Berm hugel midway through construction
  - Finished, unmulched berm/hugel showing from the same 2 vantage points:
       - height
       - length
       - path halfway up
  - Seeds and mulch you will use
  - Mulched berm/hugel