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Hugel kultur

“There Is Nothing New Under The Sun.”

—Ecclesiastes 1: 4-11

Well, yes there is, at least for me, in my knowledge of organic gardening. I have gathered a fairly good collection of organic gardening books over the years, but I had never come across the term ‘hugelkultur’ until it jumped up in my browsing early this year.

I just had to build one! Or two . . . a couple of hours spent researching

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