Building a HugelKultur / Permaculture Garden Bed - Urban Vegetable Garden Build

Time to focus on the garden beds as spring is just around the corner. I love the hugelkultur garden bed as it takes minimal time to build and 0 dollars.

[@lorettajoy7275]

The hugelbeds are really attractive and thanks for illustrating how you create them! And i like the chickens, too.

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thanks. Unfortunately they did not work very well with the soil we have so I am converting them to Raised Garden beds using the Hugelkultur method.

[@ForageGardener]

Hey, no wonder youtube suggested this video to me. Here you are friend!

[@lorettajoy7275]

@@ForageGardener Yes, indeed! The youtube homestead.:)

[@myronplatte8354]

@@simonhahnel8092 Hugelkultur beds never do very well the first year. The wood absorbs most of the moisture and nitrogen. The second year is better, and things really start to take off the third year. You can speed up the cycle a bit by burying high nitrogen food scraps in with the wood, and by watering the bed in the first year. That way, there will be surplus nitrogen and water that the wood can soak up, and you can basically never water it again if you get decent rainfall and have a bit of passive runoff water catchment.

[@ulrikahogberg6477]

Nice! Gave me ideas for some slopes on our property. 😊 Thanks!

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thanks. Already have a good showing of peas in the first mound. Now just working on deterring the chickens.

[@Franzilator1]

Very good Job. Well done.

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thank you very much!

[@kevinwilliams8662]

Happy gardening

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thanks Kevin

[@nena4215]

Now you have 4 more followers! It looked like they couldn’t wait to look for worms when you dug up the grass. Nice work, turned out to be an excellent planting bed. Thank you

[@simonhahnel8092]

Yep, I am now out numbered 10 to 1. 4 Chickens, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 daughters and 1 wife. All love watching me work. 🤣. I do feel a bit wrong giving the worms to the chickens as the gardens would love to have them do good work for the soil. The chickens however really like worms and I am still getting them familiar with the garden so at this stage the worms are fair game.

[@myrnarivera8899]

Muy hermoso se ve todo, me encantan sus vídeos me encanta verlo trabajar la tierra, que lindas las gallinas,aquí también donde vivo mi hermano tiene muchas gallinas y patos y guineas y es como usted siempre está bregando en la tierra y haciendo corrales, Sr,yo lo veo a usted desde Puerto Rico, donde es ese lugar tan hermoso que usted tiene el privilegio de tener. 💕🙏

[@simonhahnel8092]

Gracias. Estamos en el valle de Yarra en Victoria, Australia. Solo me mantengo ocupado durante el covid lock. Ahora los días se vuelven más largos y no hace tanto frío que puedo pasar más tiempo en el jardín.

[@lorettajoy7275]

Also a question: Your fence is really nice with the wood and metal mesh. Did you basically just use wooden posts and attach the mesh to them? The reason i am wondering is because my property has older chain link fencing that needs to be redone. I thought perhaps i could use similar posts and reuse the chain link.

[@simonhahnel8092]

The mesh is attached to a top and bottom wire. Those wires are strained tight to keep the mesh taught. The Rabbit proof wiring runs off the bottom strainer wire. I have some videos that show the fence build as well.

[@lorettajoy7275]

@@simonhahnel8092 Oh, thank you! I'll look into that, also.

[@geroldknoebel2402]

Hallo Simon, viel Arbeit machst Du dir. Hast Recht, eigenes Gemüse, ist ganz was anderes, als das im Supermarkt gekaufte. Merke es jeden Tag selbst. Gruß aus Frankfurt und bleibt gesund.

[@simonhahnel8092]

Vielen Dank. Ich freue mich auf den Frühling und sehe zu, wie sie alle wachsen.

[@designaddict101]

nice yard fella 👍👍

[@designaddict101]

RC and modern gardening, same as me 😁

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thanks 👍Gives me something to do during lockdowns.

[@joymodlin7389]

Hello..235 is my like Simon..

[@rossdunn828]

We you let the beds sit for a while or start planting? I enjoyed the video.

[@simonhahnel8092]

I will leave this one for a bit as it is in the shade of the Chicken coop in the winter sun. I have planted out the other 3 with mostly nitrogen producing plants so they will be ready for spring.

[@121homestead9]

Have you noticed any difference between using green wood vs mature dead wood in your hugel mounds. I’ve had issue with green wood due to the breakdown of the wood stealing the nitrogen from the plants?

[@simonhahnel8092]

I have had no luck at all with my Hugel mounds. Rats moved in and made them their home. Now removing all the timber and replacing wit just soil.

[@zmartz50]

Hermosa huerta viendo su canal desde Orlando Florida

[@simonhahnel8092]

Gracias. Esperando verduras frescas en unos meses.

[@zmartz50]

Simon Hahnel esperando ver el vídeo dentro de unos meses con las verduras frescas buena suerte desde Orlando 👏

[@Bernie5172]

Its going to be interesting to see if there's any difference in growth in these types of gardens compared to a normal garden. in 5 years time I did this to my bath tub gardens that you can see in my videos

[@simonhahnel8092]

I believe a hugelkultur garden bed only lasts about 4-5 years and then you remake it. I will check out your vids as I want some other styles of beds as well.

[@Bernie5172]

@@simonhahnel8092 what I did was put some twigs and leaves on the bottom of the tubs than a solid log on top of them, then some cow dung and a bucket of charcoal, then some dirt and some garden mulch from bunnings.

[@simonhahnel8092]

How long have you had that bed going?

[@simonhahnel8092]

Forgot I had already seen you walk through he garden vid in the rain with Jocko being Jocko.

[@Bernie5172]

@@simonhahnel8092 about 10 months

[@SilverGoth]

Happy chickens!

[@simonhahnel8092]

Very Happy Chickens. The logs had been sitting for a while and had a very nice collection of bugs and grubs

[@LogHouseFarm]

All that shoveling off camera is the best part of this task 😥

[@simonhahnel8092]

Then you should watch me digging out the frog pond. Now there was some serious shovelling going on there. My arms are still recovering. 😃

[@LogHouseFarm]

@@simonhahnel8092 I will look for that video, 👍

[@87xfute]

I pity being you at the moment Simon, not being able to go into Bunnings only for click and collect, WHAT, that's just not on haha. I'd go nuts if that happened up here. Great job on the garden mate, well done looking very good indeed. Seeya Rob.......................hope the new lockdown restrictions don't stuff you and your family too much, hang in there mate !!

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thankfully we can all easily work from home and are not too impacted, unlike some poor sods out there. Made some emergency runs to Bunnings on the weekend. Was almost a given we were going to the next lock down level. Luckily the main build is complete. Was going to start an outdoor kitchen but no hurry on that one.

[@analuisahernandez8758]

Hola .no capto mucho tu idea . Es un tipo de compus que has creado para que salgan microorganismos y picoteen las gallinitas .creo entender el concepto al ver lo que has hecho. Si es lo que ya te expuse está genial y para que exista una descomposición más rápida y efectiva lo mejor para tal efecto es los residuos de verduras y frutas del consumo de tu hogar con eso se logran lombrices gigantes y robustas Jajaja bueno si es eso lo que quieres conseguir. Y lo otro que resulta es mantener húmedo todo el sector del compus si no le agregas las cáscaras de frutas y verduras. Sigo y mantengo mis virtuales felicitaciones para tu trabajo tan excelente y con tanto amor que lo has hecho .Tus bellas gallinas se ven estupendas. Ojala que no las tires a la cazuela me daría mucha pena jajaja y no te vería más.

[@simonhahnel8092]

Primero y más importante. Las gallinas son capas de huevo y tan buenas como las mascotas. Incluso cuando dejen de acostarse, seguirán teniendo un hogar con nosotros. No sé de práctica, sino solo mi posición sobre los animales. El plan con las camas de jardín no es cavar. Este es el comienzo de la cama para proporcionar una nutrición de liberación lenta. Agregaremos material de compost con el tiempo para que sean tan buenos como usted describe.

[@analuisahernandez8758]

@@simonhahnel8092 YA comprendo por lo menos ya se que ésas bellas gallinas serán parte de la familia eso me da mucha alegría ya las quiero ver con sus polluelos por todo su gran corral que les has proporcionado todo está excelente y muy hermoso Felicitaciones y que tu amor por toda la naturaleza y los animales permanezca en tu hermoso corazón así debería de ser toda la ESPECIE humana Amar a los animales y cuidar de la naturaleza algo tan simple y noble. Pero ha sido todo lo contrario que pena. Pero me reconforta que así como tú y unos cuantos más en el PLANETA ESTAMOS en la misma sintonía cuidar y dar amor a estos seres que nos alegran la vida.

[@iskenderarslan761]

👍

[@simonhahnel8092]

Thanks appreciate the encouragement.

[@Александрович-ф7щ]

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[@simonhahnel8092]

Not sure.