Hügelkultur Garden Beds Update | Year One

[@melissab8500]

Hugel beds turned my Florida sand into soil so I'm a believer, good luck with yours!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

That’s great to hear, thank you!

[@marilyndharbin2331]

Did you use pine in yours, thank you

[@melissab8500]

@@marilyndharbin2331 mostly oak. I tried for the older fallen limbs, the ones that absorb water and feel like a sponge. I wasn't picky about what went in, just the older the better. So far great results, absolutely worked for me

[@marilyndharbin2331]

Thanks for sharing, happy gardening

[@suburbanhomestead]

I can already see the cogs of your soil’s machinery turning towards abundance, as long as you keep up with the chop and drop.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

I agree! The life is thriving already and it’s only the beginning. It sure is a confidence-builder for a newbie like me.

[@MarianaLejonbalk]

Thank you for this! We built a huge bed for our veggies but the soil would surely bankrupt us. So we looked for another solution and found your channel. It just so happens our backyard is full of grafts, branches and dried leaves so now our project is finally up and running. Greetings from Sweden.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Greetings! I hope your new beds work well for you. This is my first time trying this method so I still have a lot to learn from it. So far, everything is looking great. Happy gardening!

[@xyzsame4081]

Marine Gardener has a video about filling up slightly raised beds (in his case only slightly raised) with logs and branches and what not, just fill in old soil if it is a raised bed (a construction) as to not have air pockets. And the layers should not mix. Fungi bind nitrogen during the process of decomposing wood (or any carbon rich matter, that is their speciality). That is eventually released but during that time the process could deplete your plants. The roots of your veggies should not go into that zone, then you are good. (or you have to add blood meal, fish meal or even fresh urine). Marine gardener has filled up beds with logs and thick branches before, no problem for the beets and stuff that he grew on top in better soil. After 2 - 4 years the wood will be broken down, but long before that it becomes spongy and absorbs water very well. The bed will go down considerably. in volume. He had no compost to add on top, so he took out the soil, tried not to disturb the layers, packed in logs, soil, scraps, and then refilled with soil.

[@ariariaris]

nooooo not the broccoli!!! 😭😭😭 I’m sure you can bounce them back pretty much instantly with those wonderful garden beds, i can’t wait to see that harvest!!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

I know, it’s a bummer! As long as the slugs don’t get to ‘em, they may have a chance.

[@xyzsame4081]

@@SomeRoomtoGrow Canadian Permaculture Legacy has a video about pests or slugs. He uses (sparingly) some iron pallets that are covered by something that attracts slugs and he showed the name. the iron kills the slugs, and the amount is tiny so it is harmless, it is not a poison. He found that they go for tender seedlings and for some plants in general and brassicas are attractive. But only until the plants have a certain size they could do damage, then they grow a fuzz at the stem and the slugs seem to dislike it. So he stops laying out these pallets when they have that stage and that works well. He has the young plants under a hoop so birds would not get them anyway, but if you lay them out in the evening there is no danger that other caterpillars or birds woudl get them. Later they may eat into the lower leaves, but he thinks it is not that bad because the top leaves are more exposed to the sun and photosynthesize more. So if you do not produce for a farmer's market and the optics does not matter, you are good.

[@xyzsame4081]

edit: it was another channel: How I deal with Slugs, Flea Beetles and Cabbage Moths uploaded by Maritime Gardening, that's not the one video I saw, he has several on slugs, likely by popular demand ;) But it also covers the ironphosphate pallets that do such a good job, while allowing for light and selective use.

[@anafindlay4036]

Congratulations!! it's looking so great🌿

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you! I’m really excited for this summer.

[@anahtarnokta6917]

thnx for the video. I learned to make soil productive thanks to you (GREETINGS FROM TURKEY)

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

You’re welcome! I’m happy to hear that and thanks for watching.

[@seanmcguire7974]

You still have the option of turning into more of a level raised bed too.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

True! Also, they’ve settled a lot since we built them so they’re doing a good job of leveling themselves out 😂

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Hügelkultur build video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZe1oJ2HmK2gpNE​ ⌚TIMESTAMPS: 0:00​ Intro 0:37​ First mistake of 2021 1:48​ Overwintering/cover crop 3:50​ Hügel planting 4:34​ Preparing to plant veggies 5:25​ Nitrogen-fixing bacteria 6:01​ Cover crop - wood chips 7:13​ Veggie tour 9:38​ Slugs! 10:19​ Wrap-up

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

Looks like the mounds are doing well, it makes for a lot of diverse microclimates~

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

They seem to be doing what they’re supposed to do: build fertile soil teeming with life.

[@NashvilleMonkey1000]

We have a couple piles of lumber in the back that have been aging for a while, ten years ago we used the decomposed part to line all the garden beds, now a lot more has gotten to that consistency, and it will make an excellent mulch in the dry season. Technically the piles themselves are hugelkultur, but the area is a little too shaded and the main garden is very sunny, so it works out to move the good stuff into the garden, and there's a very large amount.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

That sounds awesome! It's like a hugel-compost pile.

[@Terri_Stauffer]

I made a water barrel that developed crack into bottom into a miniature raised bed. CUt bottom off and the cut in half an then used this method to fill barrel as I had somE decaying logs. Planted oregano in one and when the snow melted it was still green, was pretty impressed never had that happen before, snow really good insulator.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

It certainly is! Snow can keep just about any cold hardy perennial safe over the winter.

[@franciscosilver6644]

Fabulous!

[@seedsihsaan6983]

looking really good!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you!

[@Greenflextiger]

The only lattuce worth growing and eating is roman

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

I respectfully disagree with your opinion.

[@Greenflextiger]

All those gimik lettuce taste like crap