A full fledged garden complete with tomatoes, melons ... the works! And no irrigation! In fact, in time, it won't need fertilizer, pest control or even seeds! Just harvesting.
Does it get any easier than that?
We started off by creating a hugelkultur bed. Here is the blorp from mud:
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Hugelkulture: Permaculture Raised Bed workshop Saturday, June 26 1:00 PM @ 1645 N 12th St W (call MUD if you need directions) Instructor: Paul Wheaton, master gardener & permaculture instructor *Pre-registration recommended
Hugelkultur is a German word pronounced "hoogle culture". It is a permaculture technique which takes the concepts of raised beds to the max! Hugelkultur makes all the benefits of a compost pile directly accessible to your garden plants, while simultaneously drastically reducing the amount of water required for successful gardening.
This hands-on workshop provides participants with start-to-finish experience making a raised bed filled with rotten wood and soil. This results in a garden bed loaded with organic material, nutrients, and air pockets for plant roots. The wood decomposes over time, shifting the soil and allowing for a low-till or no-till approach, and sustains an increased soil temperature as it breaks down. All that rotten wood retains a high volume of water, too, enabling you to reduce garden water requirements to almost nothing.
Join MUD & Paul Wheaton to learn the nuances of building a hugelkultur bed that will save you time, effort, and water, and result in nutrient rich vegetables or extraordinarily happy ornamentals into the foreseeable future!
Wear clothes that can get dirty, bring work gloves, and plan to do some digging if you want the full experience. Participants are encouraged to engage in the hands-on work, but welcome to observe if physically unable to participate.
Click here to register online. Or call 721-7513 or email info@mudproject.org.
$10 MUD members/$20 non-members Scholarships are available. Contact MUD office minimum of 1 week prior to workshop for scholarship information.
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We got our hands dirty, and played in the mud and just had fun learning a new method that would significantly assist the Missoula growing season. We can't wait to see how her crop does this year and next.
Thank you for all the information and opportunity to learn a pesticide free, unique and wonderful method of making best use of the hot summer and short growing season here in "Missoula Montana"!
-Dianne, Bob & Sparrow
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Dianne Keast Self Care & Stress Reduction Coach Teaching EFT & MTT "Get Better Now" Meridian Wellness Center http://getbetternow.webs.com
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