This combination of images provided by Adrianna Birnbaum show a base layer of logs used in creating a raised Hugulkultur bed, from left, a layer of garden debris and twigs used in creating a raised ...

LARKSPUR — To the uninitiated, the word “hugelkultur” suggests an offshoot of Europop fusion music, not a time-honored, water-efficient gardening method. The German word roughly translates into “hill ...

If your yard is big enough that you might have a felled tree from time to time due to lightning or winter storms, you may wonder how you can put the wood to good use. Most people who don't regularly ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Hugelkultur is a funny-sounding German word — which ...

Forget crisp edges and carefully tidy gardens. One of the newest gardening trends — actually an old and time-tested practice — involves rotting wood and a pile of compost and soil. Hugelkultur ...

I’ve been growing edibles in two 4-by-4-foot cedar boxes that my husband built about 10 years ago, and every few years, I invest in copious amounts of compost and organic topsoil to refill them. Some ...

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I don't have a giant property, so I strategize to get the most use of the garden I have, and that includes planting vegetables and herbs in raised beds and containers. I've been growing edibles in two ...

I don’t have a giant property, so I strategize to get the most use of the garden I have, and that includes planting vegetables and herbs in raised beds and containers. I’ve been growing edibles in two ...

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