I Cut My 8 Year Old Hugelkultur In Half! You Won't Believe What I found Inside!!

Do hugelkultur garden beds really work? I cut my mound in half to see whats inside after 8 years of breakdown. What I found may surprise you...
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[@TheWildsourdough]

That was fun to watch. Don't think anyone has shown this before. Always good to see what is going on underground. Thanks, and Be Well !

[@nancygould6789]

It's nice to finally know after 64 years that the crazy looking white stuff is a beneficial mycelium fungi.

[@18Bees]

I keep learning tons on KZbin. Never heard of hugelkultur. But now I know what to do with those scrap logs! Tnx mate.

[@boa9535]

18 Bees: Theyuse mostly fruit trees in hugelkultur. I think oak too.

[@aprylldelsignore7148]

LOL!!!! I LOVED this!!! Honestly pictured tumble weeds blowing across a dirt road but I learned something! Thanks for that! Avid watcher! Thank you for what you do!!

[@busyrand]

Amazing demonstration! The satisfaction of knowing you created all the beautiful soil on your own, with the help of nature must feel very satisfying.

[@MrAntdez]

Love the pancho! Love the humor with your great info too.

[@nathanhollis8496]

That's a good breakdown of all the wood that was put in your mound. You just can't beat a fresh healthy mound to plant stuff in.

[@cathywest8776]

This is a fun very informative video. Thanks Dan.

[@FloridaGirl-]

Love the poncho and the way you did this vid! 🤣. i just made 2 beds . And this vid is awesome timely! Glad you did this ! Thanks!

[@leonarddavis3684]

Trick or Treat... It is always a treat to see your work paying off.

[@grahamewebber4038]

We have had a few hugkulture raised beds and they have worked well. As Clint says when asked how he retains his youth “I just don’t let the old man in”. But we know the real secret to longevity, it’s growing your own veggies and spending time with the earth. 🌶 🌽 ✌🏾

[@gardenboots7464]

I share your HUGELKULTUR ENTHUSIASM :) and I appreciated the humor - much! ha ha Wonderful to see inside the mound. thank you

[@Derek_Wong]

Now I wanna inspect mine.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

That was fun! LOL! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheAdminjack]

Good show, "Clint." .. and 😁👍 Enjoyed the dig up to show us what's happening underneath. Thanks!

[@timothyparish4031]

I have been spreading my wood chip piles, many of which have stated composting, and am finding worms below the frost layer.

[@slaplapdog]

I love the information and the acting, keep up the great work brother!

[@dubbltap4568]

Planted 6 Dino tree kale seeds from you and all 6 sprouted! Top quality stuff thanks

[@plantabundance]

Happy to hear it. Cheers!

[@wendygoicochea5910]

My new raised beds are really big and I'm planning on starting a hugelkultur build in them. Also in my greenhouse build. It will hold the heat better in winter.

[@kathytaylor9798]

Wendy Goicochea We started raised bed in spring of 2019. To make it more cost-effective (and awesome soil) I did Hugelcultur in the bottom 12 inches. Everything great great last year and should do even better this year.

[@wendygoicochea5910]

@@kathytaylor9798 Thank you so much for encouragement. Beds should be done in a couple weeks...if it stops snowing.

[@reneebrown5598]

I made raised beds this year. I layered the beds with split logs that had mushrooms growing on them. So I am hoping it will help them break down faster and feed the deep roots of my aspergus plants. I put in 20 plants into a 3'×12' ×3' bed. They had gotten a little root bound so I am hoping they will grow well.

[@gigel99324]

How's it going?

[@FACTBOT_5000]

Kudos for staying in character so long. Really good video!

[@manguydude287]

Dan, I hope you got over that sore throat and are feeling well now!

[@jameskniskern2261]

You got my like for the Clint Eastwood impression! :)

[@malcolmt7883]

You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns ... and those who dig

[@Crazyaboutpaper1]

So much Drama.... love it.

Thanks! Most vídeos just show people making the mounds without showing the results.....

[@lunizparlein173]

Great to see 🙂

[@niamhneevekinsella7951]

I love the poncho 😁 great video thank you. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@tessah7133]

Love the poncho there Clint

[@sunbeam6432]

Love it!

[@YardeningwithAnne]

I love how you made this video feel like an old western theme 😄

[@lakelillianhomestead5212]

Thought title was cut my 8 year olds hugelkultor in half. Dejavu, to what we're making behind the scenes.

[@Frumold]

Really good video! Thanks for sharing the results with us :)

[@Su-du7pm]

Nice demonstration. Here we avoided to build it because of rats and others but you said it did not show evidence of hidden rats inside. Thank you very much. Greetings from the south of Chile

[@jeffreyjacobs6072]

Thanks Clint 🤠🤣

[@hamzaahadaf2299]

Permaculture top thank u from Morocco

[@hlifestyle8521]

greetings from agadir bro hihihi

[@davidfricker3258]

A mushroom is the fruiting body of certain fungus. The mycelium are other parts of the fungus. It's all good

[@sovereigns1grace]

Great results on your mound. I put branches/wood into my raised beds (at the bottom) and it's always performed well. I'm now on a new property (not by choice) that is completely landscaped with cement and lawns. There are a few planter bed areas that are covered with plastic & rock with aloes, palm trees and other desert type plants. UGH. I have built one raised bed with cinder blocks (on top of cement patio) and have placed branches from the old property in the bottom. On top of that I have lawn clippings, my old compost pile (about a yard worth) and other miscellaneous plant materials along with kitchen scraps. Also adding in a couple bags of "garden & raised bed soil" from the big box store. >> Do I NEED to get DIRT (as in the mineral type of stuff) in there? I don't have access to digging dirt. I would have to find someone with a "free fill" dirt offering. I'm afraid to do that because I'll have no idea what is IN the dirt. Can you comment on this?? I only have permission for this one raised bed 8'LX4'WX3'D on a cement slab and all I have available to fill it is plant materials.

[@MrAntdez]

In my experience I would think the home compost you added would have the microbes and "minerals" you are looking for without having to add fill dirt. : )

[@TheWildsourdough]

I'm with you- I would not trust 'free fill dirt' from some unknown source- it might be treated with weed killers which will be plant killers like forever. I think with what you have put into it now - it would have all the microbe life it needs to start. Since you only 'get one bed', just keep filling it with the box store soil and bury kitchen scrapes. You will have great soil in no time. Best of luck.

[@TheWildsourdough]

@@lukeweaver9287 You are right ! I have a few acres, so good dirt is not an issue (rocks are), but I do feel for her only 'being able to have' one small bed.

[@Lumpy007]

Fun AND informative thanks!

[@danfaller1089]

Go ahead Hugel make my day

[@NapoleonGARDENINGTV]

Thanks for the knowledge......

[@liberty5677]

Idk why I was so disappointed I didnt hear the good the bad and the ugly theme song playing when you started digging into the pile. Good video. Thanks

[@gpayneinc]

Its a pretty good Eastwood though for real.

[@justing1810]

How long do one of these mounds stay fertlile

[@hlwan6061]

I would dearly love to practice hugelkultur as I believe it is an eco-friendly way of dealing with an otherwise labour intensive problem. However, since I live in an equatorial region where termites are very common and they think buried wood, either dead or living, is paradise poses somewhat of a setback for me. Do you have that problem in your part of the world and if so how do you deal with it.

[@ziggybender9125]

Here's the trick. As you place a layer of logs/branches place soil on it and water it in, add enough dirt to cover the layer then add another layer and repeat. In the layers where you add leaves, don't add too thick of a leaf layer or it can block out moisture. The key is having your wood wet at all times so the bugs don't want to use them as homes, these steps will help ensure that.

[@dhtnurseryfarm5793]

put down some fresh wood chips after I got home from work. I try to do something everyday in the garden.

[@hlifestyle8521]

that pause for the thumbnail crucked me up hhhhhh

[@Doitallgp]

That is also exactly what I wanted to see. Do you remember what kind of trees you used to build it?

[@susanharber6488]

Although I am smirking, it was a sad Drifter, BUT otherwise very well done!! 🤪👍

[@LaHortetadeBussy]

Thanks men for video. Nice evolution

[@davidfricker3258]

Why is there nothing growing on top of the mound while there is plenty to the sides?

[@davidfricker3258]

So that's where I left it. I have been looking for that thing for years.

[@opencoop4268]

Wow! Your hugelmound looks way better than mine. Great work. (Also, loved the western theme. Got a good laugh in the first minute ;-))

[@originalsupermommy]

I just dug into my 12 year old Hugelkultur to plant a Peach tree, and my soil looked just like yours. I do have my mound built up over twice as high as yours, I have always wanted a solid 6 feet height but have to settle for 4-5'. It settles down every year, and I keep adding to it. It is a great way to work around a heavy clay property, just build new well draining mounds.

[@wcoastlaurie-7-2]

I made my first mound 2 years ago and I love it, the plants love it to. However I recently made 2 more as I learned they work best when built east to west, my first one is built north to south, makes sense now that I know this tip, sunup to sundown. So on the east side of the first mound I now plant things that don’t mind a little shade later in the day. Seek knowledge and share knowledge,this way we can all succeed....

[@sweetness6048]

LOL the larger the wood the deeper you wanna put it in the mound

[@OfftoShambala]

I grabbed my ukelele and played the opening to good bad ugly.

[@gpayneinc]

damn that was a shame to see but I wanted to know also

[@lisakukla459]

Very nice! I was wondering what the breakdown process was like. I suppose using wood chips at the bottom of a raised bed would be similar, maybe quicker breakdown. In very hot, dry summers, like here in Oklahoma, that may not be the best thing. Then again, there's a lot less negative space, so maybe not necessarily.

[@emilyblierpeterson3599]

In my experience raised beds dry faster. Getting good humus (decayed wood and plant matter) is very important for water retention, though, so digging you hugelkutur bed instead of raising it would work better (if your soil doesn't get too waterlogged). Other thing if to constantly cover your soil with the wood chips, lets le worms mix the humus in deeper. It's the way forests work, best example of excellent growth with to human intervention, right ;)

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

Is there a body in there?

[@reedackerman9041]

Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the pickax

[@hamzaahadaf2299]

Morocco 🇲🇦

[@americansoil8260]

What would probably work real good is inoculating some pieces of wood for a month and then bury it

[@michaelripperger5674]

8:01 - we don’t need no stinkin pancho