If you own some land and wish to grow food for profit, in a sustainable way, hugelkultur may sound like a good idea, but it most likely will fall short as the one solution. While the technique is highly effective at retaining water and nourishment for plant growth, it can…
Can hugelkultur beds attract ants and should you worry? In general, ants will not set up a nest in a well-established hugelkultur bed as they prefer a drier and more compact environment than the conditions should be in an aged hugelkultur bed. Often ants will come to hunt for food…
How useful would a hugelkultur bed be in a very dry climate? Traditionally hugelkultur is a raised bed where one layers old logs, branches, soil, nitrogen-rich material, and perhaps some compost. A raised style hugelkultur bed is not a very good idea in an area with a very dry climate.…
Mulberry, all variants, are not common at all where I live, Norway (southwestern part), but I wanted to see if I could get them to thrive here, it's exciting to get things to thrive, but even more so if it's something new.So I did some research and decided that Black…
In the summer of 2019, I transplanted a fig I got as a gift. The plant didn't have a variant name on the label, but it had a warning that it didn't tolerate frost. Since my wife is one of those that can't stand the smell of figs I was…
Towards the end of February 2020, I received 50 PawPaw (Asimina triloba) seeds from a seller off eBay. PlugsnPlantsI have found no local sellers or nurseries that had them. I soaked the Pawpaw seeds for a day The seeds came with very clear germination instructions, but since I got so…
Collect your own seeds This year I've started to collect fruit tree seeds/pits and grow plants from them. Everyone in our household has been told they can eat as much fruit as they can as normal, but they have to save the seeds. Quite a few of the apple seeds…
This article is about the hugelkultur mistakes I have made, and the mistakes I've read that others have done. Hopefully, we will learn something to learn from this. This post will probably be updated a few times with new mistakes.My hands-on Hugelkulture journey started in the fall of 2018, so…
What vegetables to plant in hugelkultur beds can be a rather complicated affair if you let it be, or if you’re a very adventurous person; a very easy choice, but with the potential to learn a lot from what didn’t turn out too good… It is in my opinion very…
Hugelkultur is not something that is familiar to most people in Scandinavia, but that does not mean it isn't a good idea, quite the opposite actually in my opinion. The climate in Scandinavia is, at least near the coast, warmer than one would expect due to the Gulf Stream, but…
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