There is a very simple rule of thumb: water flows downhill at right angles to contour.

This essentially creates a heated micro-greenhouse that allows seeds to germinate outdoors mid-winter as well as protects young plants...

I have never been able to obtain ongoing meaningful yields in a weedy garden.

The oats are preventing erosion and nutrient leaching, building biomass above and below grown, feeding soil microbes...

The lack of available nutrients became even more obvious when I rotated chickens through it in a tractor.

My soil stores a lot less water than I thought.

Why hügelkultur? Like much of Cascadia, I live in an area with heavy seasonal winter rainfall that results in a high water table or...