Is it similar to this? Hügelkultur Her oldest daughter and BF are big into organic and made one for their garden. I was mortified when I saw him burying nice firewood quality logs.
Similar concept to what I'm doing as far as adding nutrients to the soil and moisture retention I guess. What I'm doing now is composting on the surface. In my deepest raised garden bed I've had a 4 year long Hugelkultur experiment going. There were a pile of way past their prime oak splits at my house when I moved in, and I needed some filler material when filling my raised beds so I tossed the splits in the bottom. I assume by now they're mostly broken down.
Thats a lotta chips. How many yards you think there was? How far does your lot go on that side of the chain link fence?
I have a verbal agreement with the neighbor to maintain a "buffer zone" of sorts between my kept lawn and his anarchist approach to yard maintenance. He mows his grass once every 2 months and lets the weeds go forever. I used to maintain right up to my line and go no further, but got really sick of his mess encroaching onto my side. We were battling ticks like crazy in the house, and I was struggling to keep all the poison ivy, bittersweet, etc. at bay. No more.
