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Ah thanks for the link! I didn't know the term for "natural hugelkultur." I don't mean to denigrate hugelkultur, rather just point out it's a folk practice bas

Ah thanks for the link! I didn't know the term for "natural hugelkultur." I don't mean to denigrate hugelkultur, rather just point out it's a folk practice based on mimicking a well understood natural process. Since it's largely used for hobby farms and gardens where enjoyment is far more important than yield, it hardly matters whether it's a folk practice or the latest agtech discovery. Just be careful not to cause drainage issues with all those berms slowly eroding! Nature can take advantage of that process optimally while in your yard it might just cause a damper basement.

asah 6y ago
Another way to ask this: how does hugelkultur logs/material compare with a similar volume/mass/cost of other material e.g. traditional soil. My guess is it does pretty well: traditional soil struggles to retain water, which can be scarce and even when it's plentiful water is difficult to optimize for high density gardens, especially urban gardens. If I understand the hugelkultur design, the sod/straw layer keeps the berm from eroding.