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Started the day before yesterday, pulled up the weed suppressant fabric, and the stones, removed all the little balls of bindweed and couch grass roots from underneath.
Toook off the top layer of turf from in front of the previously gravelly bit, laid down all the wood [almost] that I've been hoarding and not using, including any rotted bits, like old trellis, a couple of fence posts, and old step ladder and the bit of scaffold plank that was between the gravelly area and the grass until I kicked it down.
I mashed in grass clippings I begged from the neighbour and let it rot for a couple of weeks in bags [not on purpose, I just hadn't got round to building the bed yet], pushing it into holes, and also used a few bags of destined for the compost bin bits in there.
Then it was covered with just pulled up pumpkin leaves, courgette plants, old tomato plants, the contents of a bag of leaves, and a bag of wood chippings I collected from when they cut down the trees to build a road into an estate....also a few small pots of compost, that were still attached to some of the smaller tom plants used. Also used, going to seed lettuce, and the summer raspberry canes.
Toook off the top layer of turf from in front of the previously gravelly bit, laid down all the wood [almost] that I've been hoarding and not using, including any rotted bits, like old trellis, a couple of fence posts, and old step ladder and the bit of scaffold plank that was between the gravelly area and the grass until I kicked it down.
I mashed in grass clippings I begged from the neighbour and let it rot for a couple of weeks in bags [not on purpose, I just hadn't got round to building the bed yet], pushing it into holes, and also used a few bags of destined for the compost bin bits in there.
Then it was covered with just pulled up pumpkin leaves, courgette plants, old tomato plants, the contents of a bag of leaves, and a bag of wood chippings I collected from when they cut down the trees to build a road into an estate....also a few small pots of compost, that were still attached to some of the smaller tom plants used. Also used, going to seed lettuce, and the summer raspberry canes.
Ok, I'll bite, what is this "hugelkultur" thingie ?
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