Making A In-ground Hugelkultur Garden Pit

Making a in-ground Hugelkultur garden pit

Decided to do a in-ground Hugelkultur pit style test, which will start-out with below ground concrete block border, then cut logs, wood chips, compost etc...

the concrete block border will serve a few purposes, it will keep the beds aligned and allow for garden tunnel poles to in installed so you can put either sun shade of bug mesh over it.

Starting the Hugelkultur pits in my new garden section



been saving Oak logs for the inside Hugelkultur pits





along with wood chip piles.



should be ready by spring planting.

 

also going to make some Banana tree Hugelkultur pits under each Banana tree...

 

Chop and Drop plants

going to Grow a lot of Mexican sunflower plants for Chop and Drop mulching for Biomass Plant Fertilizer..

Mexican sunflower (Bolivian Sunflower) produces Nitrogen

Mexican sunflower, T. rotundifolia, is a vigorous, drought tolerant warm season annual that is easy to grow in the ornamental garden with other common names of red sunflower of just tithonia. Tithonia plants grow 4-6+ feet tall with a large central stalk and a somewhat gangly branching habit.


Fakahatchee Grass. Produces Carbon
Fakahatchee grass brings a touch of native Florida into your landscape and adds texture to any yard. Sometimes called Eastern gamagrass, this plant forms a large clump that works well as an accent plant or planted as a border

 

I started my HugelKultur beds today, way to hot out to be doing this type of work...

 

I Put a camera on my tractor and made some videos, thought I would post a few. This is the start braking ground and digging my new Hugelkultur Inground Pit Bed, moving some Dirt.



Walkaround

 

grading and leveling

 

started adding some logs

 

adding more logs

 

adding more logs

 

new Hugelkultur Inground Pit arranging logs and tour

 

Hugelkultur Inground Pit Bed, arranging logs

 

Hugelkultur Inground Pit Bed, adding and arranging logs

 

finished installing the logs


installed and finished the mulch layering



and that's how I made my Hugelkultur Inground Pit Bed, still need to layer compost on top for the plants to grow in.

Hügelkultur is a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and other compostable biomass plant materials is later (or immediately) planted as a raised bed. Adopted by permaculture advocates, it is suggested the technique helps to improve soil fertility, water retention, and soil warming, thus benefiting plants grown on or near such mounds.

 

My First Hugelkultur Inground Pit is done for now... will have to add about another foot of twigs, branches, Mexican sunflower plant and other stuff... wood chips turned into compost, then around 1 foot of organic compost, horse manure, sheep manure etc.

logs in Hugelkultur Inground Pit ​

Mulched over logs in Hugelkultur Inground Pit



Started my Mexican Sunflower Plants to be grown for Chop and Drop fertilizer. will also be mulching them for compost.



Started piling up more logs for my second Hugelkultur Inground Pit to be dug soon.

 

It won't be long now, installing fencing and Gates now, to keep the deer, rabbits and other rodents out. It's starting to look like something good is coming

 

my Huguleculture fencing ion done,

Added a 10 ft gate



16 ft gate going here



Total will be three 16 ft gates, one 10 ft gate, and a 4 ft gate

 

Adding some more compost to the Huguleculture beds and more chips in the tractor paths.
my watermelon vines will be growing over them for this season. making for a nice place for the to spread.