@nateonsteemit busy indeed! It's so funny reading about the wash line and money for a dryer. The only time I ever had a dryer was when I lived in America. Mind you where we live the washing is virtually dry by the time I'm hanging it. Hugelkultuur? Now you are teaching me something
Sorry that I didn't respond to your last comment about the SA situation. I'm having time-out from Steemit and saw it too late
Where were you at when you were here? That's no fair that it gets dry so fast! Melissa will be jealous when I tell her lol
Hugelkultur is a permaculture thing, I think it's from Austria. It's classically done on a big giant massive huge scale like @paulwheaton shows in his posts, but mine is small. The idea is to bury a bunch of wood. The wood rots and builds soil. It also absorbs water and releases it slowly to plants, so it requires much less water. Some folks claim it never needs water, but I imagine Texas will test that theory. Worms supposedly love it too. Due to it's legendary water powers, I decided to plant it in the south project, where the soil dries out the most.
That is fascinating @nateonsteemit! We'd have to put down a lot of water here as we're semi-desert. Will have a look at @paulwheaton. Is it a fast process?
I was in Georgetown, MA. An hour from Boston.
I'm not sure how fast. I've read a couple places that it reaches it's best fertility after a couple years when the wood is sufficiently broken down and bioavailable. fter that, I saw one video where a guy said he didn't expect his beds to need any amendments for 5-7 years. Paul says he doesn't water his hugel beds, but his are massive and on scale with traditional hugelkultur.
Wow, Massachusetts to South Africa! What a change :)
Oh wow that is long! Yes quite a change. But I have to admit I loved it. I found Americans to be genuinely interested and compassionate. And, of course, I LOVED the snow. And the beautiful colours of Fall
Lol we don't have much color in the fall down here in Texas. Or snow. I think we're probably pretty similar to y'all as far as climate and environment. Never been up that way before, but the pictures of all their colors are breathtaking.