BUILDING PLUMB WALLS

Why mound the garden? It’s excellent for drainage when we have pouring rain, preventing plant drowning. It also helps regulate water waste stunts weed growth creates walkways for easier maintenance. #garden #gardeningtips #gardeningtools #dirt #farmwife #farmlife #sunshine #godisgood #spring #greenthumb #eatwell #growtourownfood #uglygardening | Prairie Creek Homestead

Hügelkultur or mound culture is an amazing technique for raised bed gardening! Creating a living compost bed that maintains fertility and has many benefits! We start by laying large logs and thick decaying wood on the bottom level with some manure to increase carbon to nitrogen ratio, then we layer smaller twigs, garden trimming, compost and native soil creating a nice mound of biomass. On the final layer worm castings and high quality soil is integrated; creating nutrient strata available to th