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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>

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>

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>

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.</ref>)

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.</ref>)

==External links==

==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]]

* 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]

* [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  

* Paul Wheaton's http://Permies.com and http://RichSoil.com  

* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8 Permaculture Principles and Design Video Series with Jack Spirko]

* [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8 Permaculture Principles and Design Video Series with Jack Spirko]