![]() ![]() The Lost Art of Potato Breeding by Rebsie Fairholm Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H.W. The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneĪn Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Blessed John Henry NewmanĮvangelical is not Enough by Thomas HowardĮdible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond by Judith Anger, Dr. Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn Suprised by Truth by Patrick Madrid (editor) The Mini-Forest Revolution by Hannah Lewis ![]() The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity by Timothy WareĬatholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating So far, things are really growing nicely in there, outperforming the rest of my garden. The finished bed starts off about 6" raised, but gradually settles to about ground level, and stays nice and wet. Sounds elaborate but when you do it all in order it happens fairly fast. Throw about 6" of heavily-composted soil on top. Shovel as much of remaining soil back in until level.Ĩ. Throw the grass layer back in upside-downħ. Shovel back in a few inches of soil, wet it down.Ħ. Throw in ash, small sticks and other filler around the logs,ĥ. ![]() Lay in a combination of oak logs (some decomposed, some fresh, some charred).Ĥ. Dig 8'x 2'x 2' bed, making sure the top grass layer is laid aside separated from the rest of the sandy soil.ģ. Actually, it's a hybrid of double-digging and hugelkultur:ġ. I decided against raised beds this year but for hugelkultur. I especially like the family collaboration on the mosaics. If it works significantly better than my other beds, I’ll do the same with them (though I’m not sure I’ll have time to mosaic everything!).įor mosaic inspiration, I highly recommend this book:įor Square Foot Gardening, get a copy of this book: ![]() Here in Florida it’s tough to keep things watered and happy in the heat of late spring… we shall see how this bed performs. My hope is that this marriage of hugelkultur and square foot gardening will meld the strengths of both. The next day, I did a few, then the day after that, Rachel and I did the rest and grouted everything.Īs it is, this bed has about 36″ of depth, plus tons of compost and a wood reservoir in the bottom. I assigned each of the older children a solid cinderblock and let them have at it. But I’ve been itching to do more mosaic work, so the kids and Rachel and I had a mosaic day. That completed, I topped it off again with the original 6″ of Mel’s Mix. Then I put in a heaping load of mostly finished compost. As they decay, they’ll act like water reservoirs.Īfter that, it was time to throw in waste paper, junk mail, old paper plates, sticks, moss, corncobs and other carboniferous debris.Īh, that’s better. The next step was to drop in some chunks of wood. Widgetsīehold! The Hugelfoot Bed Of Mosaic Cinderblock Incredibleness! Well… at least they WERE Bauhaus before I busted out the tiles and mortar. This is similar to my Melon Pits, but contained by lovely Bauhaus-style concrete. I found an aesthetically pleasing and water-retentive way to re-invent this bed by melding the wisdom of Sepp Holzer with the neatness and order of Mel Bartholomew. The plants did well but needed quite a bit of water. We went with 6″ of Mel’s Mix over weed cloth. Another thing I didn’t like was the amount of water we had to give the plants in it. One of the first of those was made from cinder blocks but I never liked the open industrial look or the weeds that came out of the holes in the blocks. As I’ve posted on before, I built Rachel some raised square foot beds in the Mel Bartholomew mold. Her preferences dial me back a bit… and my experimentation stretches her. Our styles are very different but between the two of us, our plots are much more productive than they would be with either of us alone. I like mixing everything together – she likes keeping things sequestered. She likes raised beds and neat rows – I like hacking holes in the ground and throwing seeds around. When it comes to gardening, my wife likes order and I like chaos. Rachel works on our mosaic cinder block garden bed ![]()
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