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  • From: paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Biggest hugelkultur?
  • Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:55:31 -0600

Wow! A 203 foot tall hugelkulture bed! Be sure to take pictures! :)

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Jay Woods <woodsjay@cox.net> wrote:
> 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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