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'''Hugelkultur''' is the [[permaculture]] technique of burying large volumes of wood (such as [[tree]] limbs, branches and trunks) under [[soil]] into a 2 to 6 foot tall "raised bed" to increase [[soil fertility]] and soil's retention of [[water]].
The decomposing wood acts as a wick/sponge when underground thus during [[rain]]y [[season]] the buried wood absorbs enough water to support the crops planted on the raised "hugel bed" throughout the dry season.<ref>[[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]]. [http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/ "raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation"] Richsoil.com. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref> Hugelculture is promoted by permaculturalists [[Paul Wheaton]], [[Jack Spirko]], [[Geoff Lawton]], Masanobu Fucuoka, [[Sepp Holzer]], and many others.<ref>Hemenway, Toby (2009). Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 84-85. ISBN 978-1-60358-029-8.</ref><ref>Feineigle, Mark. [http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/#more-6825 "Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease"]. Permaculture Research Institute of Australia. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>
Hugelkulture is part of earth works techniques that also include [[swale]]s, and [[terrace]]s used in [[agriculture]] throughout the world, especially in Asia, and particularly [[Vietnam]] and [[China]]. It can be part of a "[[food forest]]" and the practice of [[agroforestry]].
Hugelkulture is often part of the permaculture integrated techniques of companion planting, polyculture (Large diversity of plant species in one [[garden]] or [[farm]]), plant guilds, support species, function stacking, intercropping, and microclimate development.
==Benefits of Hugelkulture Raised Bed Gardening==
The benefits of hugelkulture raised bed gardening include water catchment-retention and the warming of soil thus helping to create a [[microclimate]].<ref>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/#more-6825, Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease Permaculture Research Institute - Permaculture Forums, Courses, Information & News, Accessed December 5, 2014</ref>.
Because the decomposing wood that is buried acts like a wick-sponge]] as it decays, it is able to capture and store water for ongoing future use by the crops planted on top of the raised bed.<ref>[[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]]. [http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/ "raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation"] Richsoil.com. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref><ref>Hemenway, Toby (2009). Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale [[Permaculture]]. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 84-85. ISBN 978-1-60358-029-8.</ref>
==Appeal to Homesteaders, Preppers and Survivalists==
The specific practice of hugelculture "woody" raised bed [[gardening]] has been adopted by many in the [[conservative]]-[[libertarian]] Homesteader, [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist]]-Preparedness movements according to [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Paul Wheaton]], [[Jack Spirko]], and [[Backwoods Home Magazine]].
Use of hugelculture "woody" raised bed gardening in [[permaculture]] results in long term productive [[ecosystem]]s that require minimal maintenance and little to no inputs once well established. Such woody raised bed gardens can help create an abundance of food on arid, infertile, rocky or marginal land often considered not viable for [[agricultural]] use. (See the [[YouTube]] video "Greening of the Desert"<ref>Greening the Desert by [[Geoff Lawton]]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCemnJmkzI found on https://www.youtube.com/user/Permasolutions/videos Accessed December 5, 2014. Also see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Greening+of+the+Desert+youtube, http://www.permies.com/t/1784/desert/Greening-Desert)</ref>)
==Quotes about Hugelculture Raised Bed Gardening==
* "All the world's problems can be solved in a [[garden]]." - [[Geoff Lawton]], Permaculturist, and one of the primary proponents of permaculture [[science]]
==See Also==
* [[:Category:Permaculture]]
* [[Permaculture]]
==External Links==
* [[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]]'s http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur "Raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation" - This such and Pauls's http://Permies.com contain the most information on the internet on the practice of Hugelculture Woody Raised Bed [[Gardening]]
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/2012/11/family-scale-permaculture-gardening-by-tod-p.html Family-Scale Permaculture Gardening]
* [[Paul Wheaton]]'s http://Permies.com and http://RichSoil.com in the [[American Redoubt]]'s [[Montana]] countryside
* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8 Permaculture Principles and Design Video Series with Jack Spirko]
==Bibliography==
* Fucuoka, Masanobu. ''The One Straw Revolution''. [[Rodale Books]] (US). [http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html Holistic Agriculture Library]
* Hart, Robert. ''Forest Gardening''. Green Books (UK) ISBN 1-900322-02-1.
* Hemenway, Toby. ''Gaia's Garden''. [http://www.chelseagreen.com Chelsea Green Books] (US) (2001). ISBN 1-890132-52-7.
* Jacke, Dave with Eric Toensmeier. ''Edible Forest Gardens. Volume I: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate-Climate Permaculture, Volume II: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture''. [http://www.edibleforestgardens.com Edible Forest Gardens] (US) 2005
* Law, Ben. ''The Woodland House''. [Permanent Publications] (UK) (2005), ISBN 1-85623-031-7.
* Law, Ben. ''The Woodland Way''. [Permanent Publications] (UK), ISBN 1-85623-009-0.
* [[Bill Mollison|Mollison, Bill]] & David Holmgren ''Permaculture One''. [[Transworld Publishers]] (Australia) (1978), ISBN 0-552-98060-9.
* Mollison, Bill. ''Permaculture: A Designer's Manual''. Tagari Press (Australia).
* Mollison, Bill ''Permaculture Two''. [http://www.tagari.com Tagari Press] (Australia) (1979), ISBN 0-908228-00-7.
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Permaculture]]
[[Category:Gardening]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]
[[Category:Sustainable Agriculture]]
The decomposing wood acts as a wick/sponge when underground thus during [[rain]]y [[season]] the buried wood absorbs enough water to support the crops planted on the raised "hugel bed" throughout the dry season.<ref>[[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]]. [http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/ "raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation"] Richsoil.com. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref> Hugelculture is promoted by permaculturalists [[Paul Wheaton]], [[Jack Spirko]], [[Geoff Lawton]], Masanobu Fucuoka, [[Sepp Holzer]], and many others.<ref>Hemenway, Toby (2009). Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 84-85. ISBN 978-1-60358-029-8.</ref><ref>Feineigle, Mark. [http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/#more-6825 "Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease"]. Permaculture Research Institute of Australia. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>
Hugelkulture is part of earth works techniques that also include [[swale]]s, and [[terrace]]s used in [[agriculture]] throughout the world, especially in Asia, and particularly [[Vietnam]] and [[China]]. It can be part of a "[[food forest]]" and the practice of [[agroforestry]].
Hugelkulture is often part of the permaculture integrated techniques of companion planting, polyculture (Large diversity of plant species in one [[garden]] or [[farm]]), plant guilds, support species, function stacking, intercropping, and microclimate development.
==Benefits of Hugelkulture Raised Bed Gardening==
The benefits of hugelkulture raised bed gardening include water catchment-retention and the warming of soil thus helping to create a [[microclimate]].<ref>http://permaculture.org.au/2012/01/04/hugelkultur-composting-whole-trees-with-ease/#more-6825, Hugelkultur: Composting Whole Trees With Ease Permaculture Research Institute - Permaculture Forums, Courses, Information & News, Accessed December 5, 2014</ref>.
Because the decomposing wood that is buried acts like a wick-sponge]] as it decays, it is able to capture and store water for ongoing future use by the crops planted on top of the raised bed.<ref>[[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]]. [http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/ "raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation"] Richsoil.com. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref><ref>Hemenway, Toby (2009). Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale [[Permaculture]]. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 84-85. ISBN 978-1-60358-029-8.</ref>
==Appeal to Homesteaders, Preppers and Survivalists==
The specific practice of hugelculture "woody" raised bed [[gardening]] has been adopted by many in the [[conservative]]-[[libertarian]] Homesteader, [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist]]-Preparedness movements according to [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Paul Wheaton]], [[Jack Spirko]], and [[Backwoods Home Magazine]].
Use of hugelculture "woody" raised bed gardening in [[permaculture]] results in long term productive [[ecosystem]]s that require minimal maintenance and little to no inputs once well established. Such woody raised bed gardens can help create an abundance of food on arid, infertile, rocky or marginal land often considered not viable for [[agricultural]] use. (See the [[YouTube]] video "Greening of the Desert"<ref>Greening the Desert by [[Geoff Lawton]]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCemnJmkzI found on https://www.youtube.com/user/Permasolutions/videos Accessed December 5, 2014. Also see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Greening+of+the+Desert+youtube, http://www.permies.com/t/1784/desert/Greening-Desert)</ref>)
==Quotes about Hugelculture Raised Bed Gardening==
* "All the world's problems can be solved in a [[garden]]." - [[Geoff Lawton]], Permaculturist, and one of the primary proponents of permaculture [[science]]
==See Also==
* [[:Category:Permaculture]]
* [[Permaculture]]
==External Links==
* [[Paul Wheaton|Wheaton, Paul]]'s http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur "Raised garden beds: hugelkultur instead of irrigation" - This such and Pauls's http://Permies.com contain the most information on the internet on the practice of Hugelculture Woody Raised Bed [[Gardening]]
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/2012/11/family-scale-permaculture-gardening-by-tod-p.html Family-Scale Permaculture Gardening]
* [[Paul Wheaton]]'s http://Permies.com and http://RichSoil.com in the [[American Redoubt]]'s [[Montana]] countryside
* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8 Permaculture Principles and Design Video Series with Jack Spirko]
==Bibliography==
* Fucuoka, Masanobu. ''The One Straw Revolution''. [[Rodale Books]] (US). [http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html Holistic Agriculture Library]
* Hart, Robert. ''Forest Gardening''. Green Books (UK) ISBN 1-900322-02-1.
* Hemenway, Toby. ''Gaia's Garden''. [http://www.chelseagreen.com Chelsea Green Books] (US) (2001). ISBN 1-890132-52-7.
* Jacke, Dave with Eric Toensmeier. ''Edible Forest Gardens. Volume I: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate-Climate Permaculture, Volume II: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture''. [http://www.edibleforestgardens.com Edible Forest Gardens] (US) 2005
* Law, Ben. ''The Woodland House''. [Permanent Publications] (UK) (2005), ISBN 1-85623-031-7.
* Law, Ben. ''The Woodland Way''. [Permanent Publications] (UK), ISBN 1-85623-009-0.
* [[Bill Mollison|Mollison, Bill]] & David Holmgren ''Permaculture One''. [[Transworld Publishers]] (Australia) (1978), ISBN 0-552-98060-9.
* Mollison, Bill. ''Permaculture: A Designer's Manual''. Tagari Press (Australia).
* Mollison, Bill ''Permaculture Two''. [http://www.tagari.com Tagari Press] (Australia) (1979), ISBN 0-908228-00-7.
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Permaculture]]
[[Category:Gardening]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]
[[Category:Sustainable Agriculture]]