What would you plant here?

[Snowshoe]

Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease - The Permaculture Research Institute

This is interesting. Looks like a lot of work.

[SunDance]

Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease - The Permaculture Research Institute

This is interesting. Looks like a lot of work.

that's cool....I think janedoe inadvertently got a head start on this...

[BaconsMom]

Squash and pumpkins will explode in growth with hot and humid weather. Be prepared for them to take over your garden!

[janedoe]

Squash and pumpkins will explode in growth with hot and humid weather. Be prepared for them to take over your garden!

I was kind of hoping for that. It sounds like it's a no go for this spot but I'm putting pumpkins in down in our field and am hoping that that takes care of the space. Some of those will be giant pumpkins. Then I'm putting acorn squash on a slope behind our house hoping it will cover that. This year is all a grand experiment.

[Mr Kleb]

Fungus risks

In what way?

Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease - The Permaculture Research Institute

This is interesting. Looks like a lot of work.

It is: interesting and a lot of work. We (uh, Faye) did this in the naturalised corner of our backyard.

[janedoe]

Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease - The Permaculture Research Institute

This is interesting. Looks like a lot of work.

I have a bunch of old maple. I'm wondering if that would work. I want to try it in the field. Thank you so much for passing that along. I have all kinds of ideas now. Honestly, I have to put in the work anyway because I need to put all of the "waste" somewhere. I also have a ton of used goat and chicken bedding that might be good for this project. This is very exciting!

[janedoe]

It is: interesting and a lot of work. We (uh, Faye) did this in the naturalised corner of our backyard.

Can you give details? What materials did she use? I have so much stuff on my property. Everyone else burns theirs but I have animal bedding, goat manure, brush, you name it, not just wood.

[janedoe]

I reread the article. Maybe potatoes.

[Mr Kleb]

If memory serves correctly, we had 1 or 2 thigh-thickness limbs about 4-6 long left over from some tree trimming along with some other trimmings. Rather than take them to the muni yard 10 miles away or dump them illegally, she dug (hand-dug, that is) a pit about a foot deep in a very shady and naturalised area of our backyard, piled the trimmings in the pit, and piled the hand-bombed dirt over everything. Several years later the pile has shrunk some; the area is still naturalised.

Fayes' memory may be very different from mine.

I'd think your brush, bedding, and manure would work well. My guess is you'd probably want to do this in an area that you'll leave alone for several years.

[janedoe]

My guess is you'd probably want to do this in an area that you'll leave alone for several years.

We certainly have plenty of that. It needs to be put to good use. Thank you so much.