There is so much information about Hugelkulture that at some point you have to stop reading and watching and just put
wood on dirt and dirt on wood.
That said, this is my last attempt to get some good information before I start. What would you say are any big "Do-Not's" for hugelkulture?
I intend to do the "full sized" beds, roughly 6' high or so. I have a lot of wood but the dirt might be harder to manage. I have a wide diversity of wood available on my property and will be trying to drag up previously fallen wood before cutting down anything 'green' to use. I believe that is my best bet not just for the sake of making use of what is already down, but because we have a lot of pine and black walnut as well, so perhaps some of the stuff in those woods will have already started to leave and not be as terrible.
Since autumn is getting in to swing here, I will likely cover the soil with
straw, but am open for a winter cover crop if one is suggested that I can buy cheap in bulk.
The first bed I am looking to make will be about 75' long. After the experienced is gained from doing the first one, many more will come.
The bed will be on a contour around my loop driveway, placing the bed running mostly E to W, giving me a cool N side and a warm S side. The
land slopes very slightly from the N down to where the bed will be.
I hope that is a good bit of info to go off of. Any thoughts are welcome.