Just in time for a little rain. This is 92’ of double stack 16” at 5.5’ tall or so, so about 10.5 cord if I did the math right. The row furthest to the right is 20’ and the rest are 24’. There’s about another half cord or so of pine and beech beside it, then a couple homemade uglies bins I made this summer. It’s sitting on the area I finished clearing and filled in this spring. So this is my accomplishment for 2020, and honestly it’s far beyond what I expected. Thanks to the good Lord and good neighbors this puts us well into the 3 year plan including the 2 1/2 cord I have stacked elsewhere and the 5 cord in and around the house and garage for this season. If the weather holds I hope to add another couple cord or so before winter really settles in. Might as well keep going until I run out of space right? That’s why I’m here!
Actually we also had the best and biggest garden ever including a harvest of over 150 winter squash and pumpkins, mostly butternut from the first year of the hugelkultur I started 3 years ago.
That’s awesome!!! I want to try growing pumpkins this coming year. Could invite the whole family over to pick one out and carve some jack o lanterns. Twas a beautiful day to split some wood. Overcast and warm. I welcome the needed rain, especially since it’s now dark, and I have work tomorrow
Yep, about 30-36” between stacks. Just enough to walk between comfortably and get my tractor bucket between as I pick up the pallets. Diesel powered wheelbarrow you might say.
Nice. What kind of garlic? We got about 60 head this year. Half were tiny. Planted 80 for next year. Won’t skimp on fertilizer this time.
AWESOME stacks! That's perfection. Morning glories look great. I had a huge spot with those and my better half started thinning them out. They really take off after dropping seed.
Tidy looking setup you have there, you will have some nice future BTU's to keep you warm. What is in your garden for soil? Those are some very healthy looking crops right there, and that pile of Garlic
Thanks mr.finn. I grow organic no till and I use compost and a lot of mulch. Feed the soil and it will feed the plants. Manure, compost, leaves for input and straw and wood chips for mulch. My garden is built on a former above ground pool spot so it had some gravel that turned to lawn, so I layed cardboard down and spread several inches of soil/compost mix covered with straw in the fall to start and I just add organic material every year and keep the mulch 6” deep or better, being careful not to mix wood chips into the soil, just on top. I also don’t pull plant roots, just cut them off and leave the roots to feed the soil microbes. Except root crops of course. I’ve had my cherry tomatoes in the same place for 10 years or so and they’re doing better each year. The squash came from my new hugelkultur bed’s first year. I started it 3 years earlier with wood, brush, chips and leaves, then piled compost on top this year with chips for mulch and planted into the compost. Over 150 squash and pumpkins in a 10x20’ spot. That’s better than I expected and it took little water even in this year with a severe drought. I like the taste of organic vegetables. No comparison imho
I grew Music, German Red, and German Extra Hardy. All hard neck, soft neck doesn’t do well here. I just planted a few days ago for next year. I use compost and a little Tomato Tone when I plant, and mulch about 6” with straw. In spring I pull the mulch back just a little and lightly scatter a little more Tomato Tone. I’ll pull the mulch in close and 6” deep again once they’re up and watch it grow. I have had great luck with germination and get nice sized bulbs. I bought my seed originally from Maine Potato Lady online.
Thanks The Wood Wolverine. This is the second year for morning glories in that spot and they really took off! I had quite a time getting it out of the fence once frost got it but it’s worth it. They’re beautiful and pollinators love them. I keep borage, cosmos, nasturtium, and calendula in the garden also for pollinators and to attract bug assassins. Calendula flowers are awesome medicine for the skin as well. TMI but best thing ever for hemorrhoids and anal fissures.
