Well when you think you know everything there is to to know about
gardening. You always learn more. My wife thinks I am insane with all my
crazy garden ideas but this one takes the cake. I read up on a theory
of growing a garden without ever needed to water a bed again. And this has been proven in desert like conditions. And yes I don't live in a desert
but it was great excuse to bring home some iron and dig some holes.
HUGELKULTUR
Hugelkultur is German for "mound culture" the theory is mound some rotten wood and cover with soil and let mother nature do its work. Obviously I went to extremes on my project I dug a 7' deep whole and filled it with an big Willow tree that fell down in my woods. So as it rains the water will fill the hole and absorb into the wood and water will naturally release into the soil and plants will take as much water as it needs. As Mother nature does it work with in three years I should never have to water this garden bed ever again and should be able start plants earlier in spring and grow longer in the fall. Oh yeah Leo LOVED the machine as well.
As always enjoy life and have fun
