It was during my second gardening season at the cabin in Lake St. Peter, Ontario when I gained a first-hand understanding that hugelkultur gardens dramatically improve with age - like a fine wine or wheel of cheese. By the spring of 2018, much of the woody debris, leaves and compost that I had compiled that first autumn (2016) had turned into a thick layer of humus - the accumulation of which would have taken dozens if not longer to accumulate in a natural forest ecosystem. I had, in fact, sped up time by dragging a decade’s worth of rotting logs to my garden site in the span of a few days.
Hugelkultur gardens (part 2)
Hugelkultur gardens (part 2)
Hugelkultur gardens (part 2)
It was during my second gardening season at the cabin in Lake St. Peter, Ontario when I gained a first-hand understanding that hugelkultur gardens dramatically improve with age - like a fine wine or wheel of cheese. By the spring of 2018, much of the woody debris, leaves and compost that I had compiled that first autumn (2016) had turned into a thick layer of humus - the accumulation of which would have taken dozens if not longer to accumulate in a natural forest ecosystem. I had, in fact, sped up time by dragging a decade’s worth of rotting logs to my garden site in the span of a few days.