Re: My Hugalculture Experiment
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:23 pm
I took advantage of the very warm days yesterday and today and worked in the garden. I moved 10 loads of stones, sub-soil and mulch yesterday and 15 loads today. It hardly looks like I made a dent in the pile of sub-soil and rocks. But a journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step, so it felt good to at least get started on putting the soil and mulch back into the hole. The wood chips, logs and horse poop went in several months ago before it got so cold here. Even though it was hot here yesterday there was still some snow at the bottom of the hole. I just covered it up wit sub-soil. I figure the moisture down deep is a good thing. Since I am working from the end of the pile most of what I have moved so far is rocks. The rocks tend to roll down the pile to the edges and collect there, so I am getting 3 loads of rocks for every load of sub-soil. I am still using the ratio of 2 loads of sub-soil to 2 heaping loads of leaves. That ratio has worked well for me in the past. This excavation is a bit bigger than the last 2 years but I am keeping to the 2 loads each. It just makes a slightly smaller lift each time because of the increased square footage that I am covering. The rest of the week is back to very cold temperatures, so I will not be back out there working for a few days. The way my back feels that may be a good thing, Think Spring everyone.