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One Year Later, I Filled a Deep Raised Bed with Logs to Save Money on Soil!



Don’t waste money filling your raised bed with quality soil if you don’t have to. Me and Tuck will show you how to fill a bed with logs and sticks so you save money and get a whole bunch of added benefits! This technique has been around for a long time and it is knows as huglekultur.

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29 Comments

  4. Darryl Cook

    Great video.Im going to make me a couple of these soon to help salvage my poor back.I think I'm going to use my chainsaw to cut the logs in the shape of a pig trough with cutout facing up.this should hold some moisture as well wet soil for the roots.im thinking the log should rot away faster.good or bad idea?
    Probably layer cardboard over and under the logs to compost and feed the worms.

  8. kodiak1984

    The logs will rot down eventually. It just means that you get a lot of use and time out of that bed so its a good thing

  13. McEniry Roschke

    Great video. Thanks for talking through hugelkultur. Your experience helps a lot. Your channel is one of the most inspiring…plus we love Tuck! Let's go!!!

  15. Nicholas Roos

    Appreciate the wordiness. Hope to implement some of these techniques for next year myself. Now that I know 🙂

  16. Josef

    I had 19 Birdies beds to fill, so I packed them as well as I could with wood and then poured sand in to fill all the crevices, using water to wash it in thoroughly. Then good stuff on top. Sand is the most economical media there is and it drains exceptionally well.

  18. anita nolan

    When I built my raised beds about 3-4 years ago, (not my first raised bed garden) I decided to bury logs, sticks, and fall leaves. The beds are about 18" deep. I ended up digging one up this year. I had asparagus in it, but wanted to move that into my permaculture area to give me another raised bed for annual vegetables (Not sure how the asparagus will make out, but I'll buy more if it doesn't grow). So, I dug down into the bed to get that asparagus out. I came across some very weird fungus, so I guess the logs are breaking down pretty well. Thanks for talking about this. I did it to provide fertilizer for my beds for years to come, as well as fill the beds with something free. The one thing I will say is that it seems like these beds lose more soil than my beds in the past did. I suspect it's because as the leaves and branches break down, the dirt compacts more than it would if it were dirt to start. A lot more air holes to fill. (I didn't stomp on it to start.) Love seeing Tuck!

  20. InnSaei

    I love the vids like this, the explanation helps to make sense. Thank you.
    Hiya Tuck, ya legend! 👋❤❤❤

  27. John Doh

    huglekultur.

    This is a technique that makes a pretty substantial mound to where you are growing food at different levels on each mound. So they're large. It means there's a few substantial logs running through each one. Because you are planting up and down these mounds, water capture isn't as much of a problem. So the technique requires understanding how to make the mound and how to grow up and down the mound

  28. MrElemonator

    You’re saying water right 😂.
    Maybe have shade cloths to prevent direct light on the raised beds.

  29. Bill Z.

    You should have split the logs to make more surface area for both water and microbes. The microbes will have a difficult time getting through the bark even with the tree not growing.

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