Master gardener and beloved commentor Satby, with an update:
I thought it might be fun to look at how my hugelkultur flower bed project looks in year 4, and talk about the successes and failures.
Reminder, here’s how it started in 2019; and my bed is pretty half-assed for a hugelkultur because I didn’t make a mound, just filled the flat bed left after I took the scraggly evergreens out with wood, leaves, grass clippings, and garden bed soil.
After the basic bed was in, I planted my anchor shrubs: two Vanilla Strawberry hydrangeas on each end and a tiny Rose of Sharon center.
(Also: tulips, daffodils, and hyacinth bulbs put in later.)
I followed that up with some bedding plants (dahlias, cannas, and geraniums) and filled in the holes with potted plants. It looked pretty good by that August.
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Hugelkultur, Year FourPost + Comments (46)