Your hugel mounds look amazing! How old are they?
I made some when I lived in California and moved on so I'm not sure how they are now (what.. 7 years later...). I've only heard of the amazingness of hugels, never stuck around to experience it! I'm also not clear on adding more nitrogen over time to offset the decomposing carbon. Any thoughts?
LOVE that you included the bit about the mulch. A homestead priority around here too! Great post. Love hugels!
Resteemed!!
They are only a year and a half old right now. I have heard the same that it only gets better with time.😁
As far as adding nitrogen I planted a cover crop of clover witch is a nitrogen fixing plant, chop and drop with comfrey and other green plants also planted Mimosa tree and Autumn olive tree. They are both nitrogen fixing trees. I had the same question at first. The idea for me is to mimic the forest floor. Since we don't add nitrogen to the forest and there is woody material falling all the time I wondered how nature did it. After looking at my patch of woods and picking out the different species of trees and plants I noteced that the Mimosa tree, Autumn Olive and clover were the three main nitrogen fixers so those were the ones I went with.