I have finally had a chance to finish the new bed; thanks to some help from my daughters and a friend. After much carrying of wood chunks, shoveling of manure and frequent stops to rest, we have planted the first half of the bed with broccoli and ceylon spinach (which I just happened to have a lot of).
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The grass on the path has been smothered with cardboard and I will rake up some gum leaves to cover it with soon. The pig poop (composted) was shoveled into an old bin and lifted into the bed over the period of about a week. Spread over the pile of sticks it has made a really rich bed, even though it is still composting and so is putting out a bit of heat. The broccoli seedlings seem to appreciate the extra heat, even though they are planted into a double handful of potting mix in the hole (because I was worried about the pig poop being too hot for them).
Our big pile of pig poop
Happy little seedlings
The newspaper and cardboard path
I am loving having some new space to plant and it promises to be as easy care as the other hugelkultur beds. I guess it’s on to the next project; the trailer bed needs some TLC.
The first Hugelkultur bed is powering on. I do love this style of gardening. The rest of this post is made up of photos of my powering garden….for inspiration…mine.
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Seedlings all ready to be planted out. My seedling raising area is going well this year.
A late pumpkin vine….I might be lucky
Madagascar beans on their way up some well placed sticks
A riot of productivity
The tamarillo is producing fruit….one at a time
Late corn….it’s flowering
So cool! They look great!
I’ve paused mine for now since we may be moving .. .and I’ll save it for our new place 🙂
Luckily we take our knowledge with us. You will hit the ground running at the next place and it will be filled with raw materials ready to be used. 😁
Yuss! I like your positivity 😉
Positivity is sometimes all I’ve got.
Hah! At least you’ve got it!! I lost mine somewhere … still looking for it 😉
Did you check the bottom of your handbag? Amazing stuff finds it’s way there.
Hahaha … dude … my ‘handbag’, and thats a polite term for it, looks more like a miniature suitcase, has enough things in it for me to survive in the bush, alone, for at least a week … it’s bound to be under all that lol
Mine too…including a firestarter and a knife.
Haha … Firestarter, as in lighter? I have one of those and the hunting knife as well LOL
Mine is a fold out pocket knife tool thing and the firestarter is a steel and flint thing that makes sparks…because it works even when it’s wet. Hard to aim the sparks though.
Ohhh now thats pretty flash 🙂
Very prepared women aren’t we lol
Early life has taught us…anything can happen. 😊
🙂 Agreed !