has anyone had a hugelcultur bed

[Kassaundra]

. . . My current concept is to combine underground meat rabbit dens w/ a hugelkulture garden set up to try and beat our intense summer heat w/ the meat rabbits.

Whoa! That's thinking outside the box! I can imagine little hobbit houses . . ! Then, collapsing those, putting in a new one and growing something on the old - the following year.

One of the first ideas I had for "composting in place" came from reading an article about building growing beds in South Africa. They dug 3' trenches, filled them with coarse cut grass and refilling with soil. The beds were used without irrigation.

I figure I don't have any 3' of good soil to use and just make use of the 10 or 11 inches that I do have - with compostables.

Escream gardening? I am a graduate of escream gardening!

Steve

When it comes to how my brain works, according to my family and friends I'm not just outside the box I'm usually in the next county over from the box! lol lol

 

[the1honeycomb]

I have been interested in the hugelkulture concept for about a year now and plan on making at least one bed w/ it. It is designed especially for areas of the world that are dry and poor as a means to grow veggies/food w/o expensive irrigation. I have read many articles on it. My current concept is to combine underground meat rabbit dens w/ a hugelkulture garden set up to try and beat our intense summer heat w/ the meat rabbits.


THAT is really a cool idea!! I have never raised meat rabbits but it would be great to try and what a great way to do it!!