This garden bed was built with a south facing aspect and without digging the soil below it. We simply layered first cardboard, then old wood, mushroom compost and topped with wood chips.
Here is a diagram of a cross section of a huegelculture / mount bed:
More information on huegelculture raised beds: https://richsoil.com/hugelkultur/
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Harvesting loads of pumpkins / winter squash with zero hours of maintenance!
Plenty of pumpkins / winter squash growing
Plenty of pumpkins / winter squash growing
Plenty of pumpkins / winter squash growing
A little chaotic but tons of production
all planted up and ready to grow
planted a mixure
to plant seedlings scoop away the wood chips
Topped with final layer of 4-6 inches of branchmulch
Topped with final layer of 4-6 inches of branchmulch
Topped with mushroom compost
Wood stores moisture and releases nutrients into the soil slowly (the more wood the better)
frog checking on his new home
No digging, cover the ground with card board instead
another bale of cardboard