Welcome to my blog, where I document my experiments and successes with Hugelkultur:
- practical advice and examples,
- gardening tips and tricks for cool climates,
- and the life-cycle of a successful working garden from one year to the next
Introduction to Hugelkultur
Hügelkultur (hoo-gul-culture) was coined by German horticulturalists Hans Beba and Herman Andra in the late 1970s and translates roughly as “mound culture”. More recently it has gained popularity through the work of the Austrian permaculturalist, Holzer Sepp. What is Hugelkultur? At its simplest, hugelkultur is the principle of building a …