Hugelkultur
Building your soil layer by layer
What is Hugelkultur?
Where can I find more info?
SUOT's free downloadable PDF: Hugelkultur Planning Tool
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Compost carbon/nitrogen ratio made simple: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTHUalsT8sQ&t=18s
Permaculture: www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/the-many-benefits-of-hugelkultur/
Bob Vila lawn & garden article by Nicole Shein: www.bobvila.com/articles/hugelkultur/
Western Kentucky University thesis by Megan Laffoon: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1641&context=stu_hon_theses
OK State University Fact Sheet: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/sustainable-landscapes-creating-a-hugelkultur-for-gardening-with-stormwater-management-benefits.html
Hügelkultur is a German method of gardening that has been practiced for hundreds of years meaning hill culture. Mimicking a forest’s natural life cycle, it is a horticultural technique where decaying wood debris & other compostable biomass is mounded & planted as a raised bed.
Will you help design a custom hugelkultur garden at my home?
In the news:
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Burlington woman finds success with hugelkultur farming: www.goskagit.com/growskagit/burlington-woman-finds-success-with-hugelkultur-farming/article_9ff4e261-f584-5ccd-b68d-a80f27e9621e.html
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Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing: Episode 532 Managing growth as a sole-proprietor with farmer-florist Sarah Wagstaff of SUOT Farm and Flowers
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1 hr
$75/hr