Ah, it's always a bummer when you have to do something twice, but problems always help you to do better.
I cover my hugelkultur mounds with leaves and brush to minimize erosion and it works great.
Ah, it's always a bummer when you have to do something twice, but problems always help you to do better.
I cover my hugelkultur mounds with leaves and brush to minimize erosion and it works great.
Yeah, that's a great solution for hugel beds. I mulch the hell out of everything I do, but it's no help in this case. Just too much water pushing against freshly turned soil. If I'd dug the rows last fall and seeded with a cover crop, it wouldn't be a problem, but the soft soil just didn't have time to reintegrate. Lesson learned though, and I'm glad I learned it on this and not on a bigger, more permanent project.
Yeah a rock boundary with straw cover might have helped, but if the rains were torrential(like they are here right now), nothing would have helped.