Hugelkultur is natures raised bed. No need for lumber or cinder block. All you require is some tree trimmings or bigger items of tree trunk together with any type of other compostable plant biomass, and lastly some dirt. The idea is that the “hugel pile” as it’s typically referred, will certainly absorb wintertime rains like a sponge giving the plants expanding on the hugel access to moister throughout the drier months. Older elder mounds accomplish this better than more youthful piles as the materials therein have had an opportunity to degeneration and also malfunction. Other feasible benefits consist of, less complicated access to garden beds due to their elevated height, and dirt production that can assist problem low quality soils listed below. Hugelkultur can be an excellent method to “shut the loop” in your landscape allowing you to utilize and obtain one of the most out of the natural materials that may otherwise go to the waste or burn stack.