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  • From: Jay Woods <woodsjay@cox.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Biggest hugelkultur?
  • Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 17:50:53 -0500

I've got mine 800 feet long, 6 feet wide and 3 feet high. Next year I'll add
another 200 feet.

On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 03:34:21 PM Evan wrote:
> I built a few hugel's this spring with a similar layer mix ... logs then
> straw with horse manure then soil. I had trouble with them drying out in
> July and August, which I hope to avoid in the future by doing what you
> propose, Paul, by mixing straw in with the logs to eliminate excess air
> space and keep everything closer for better moisture retention. I believe
> this should do the trick. I suspect my present hugels will not have this
> trouble after a couple of seasons of settling/mellowing.
>
> cheers,
> Evan
>
> On Sep 7, 2011, at 12:55 PM, paul wheaton wrote:
> > A coupla bits:
> >
> > 1) I would very much like to see pics in about two years. Especially
> > around mid august where the surrounding vegetation is brown and
> > dormant and the stuff on the hugelkultur is green and lush. And if
> > the vegetation could be stuff that is easily recognizable as typical
> > garden plants (tomatoes, melons, etc.) that would be even better.
> >
> > 2) I think I would have mixed the hay in a bit. Mix it in with the
> > wood and mix it in with the soil. To keep it from turning to
> > glie/gley and making a water/air barrier.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>
wrote:
> >> We've been spending the summer at White Deer Ranch in Montana, north of
> >> Yellowstone while I've been writing. Yesterday the owners, Lee and
> >> Roxanne Dunn, asked me if I wanted to help them put in a hugelkultur
> >> project. Sure. I just didn't realize that Lee never does things on a
> >> small scale. He dug a trench 40 feet long with a backhoe, we dragged
> >> some huge logs and a mountain of brush from around the 450 acre ranch,
> >> added roughly 3500 pounds of old hay, watered it in with water from the
> >> ranch's 12-acre pond, and tomorrow we will cover it with soil.
> >> Definitely the biggest hugelkultur I've seen.
> >>
> >> Roxanne posted photos of the project on Facebook.
> >> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.245701522132088.52346.100000767
> >> 271564&type=1&cmntid=245736072128633
> >>
> >> If you're not a FB user, I'm planning on posting something on my website
> >> soon. And if you ever want an incredible vacation in Montana, in the
> >> shadow of the Beartooth Range and in gorgeous country, there are two
> >> rental houses on the ranch (organic hay and a few animals) that I
> >> highly recommend. It's an old homestead cottage and a new log home, and
> >> those oldtimers knew a lot about siting, water, and soil--a fantastic
> >> place. We've been in heaven all summer, hiking the Beartooths and
> >> swimming in the pond.
> >>
> >> http://whitedeerranch.com
> >>
> >> Toby
> >> http://patternliteracy.com
> >>
> >>
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