bau eines hochbeetes

in cooperation with the association permavitae, the town of ãœbelbach has created the "edible community". and in this context there were built raised beds next to the elementary school. i liked the idea, because it's very naturaland because only biomass is used. there aren't used any fertilizersand the plants grow as they want. since i was thinking of expandingmy own vegetable garden, it seemed like a good opportunity, and jonny peham fortunately offered to help us.

and finally we are building now! in the beginning we removed the turf - made a shallow pit, and there we assembled the biomass and the branches. we make kind of layers in putting earthbetween the branches, so it won't collapse - no freshly cut wood, like willows, alders and such, because this would bud through. we now need this kind of wood nails. someone could already prepare this... this one is almost too thin, but they can be that long, then cut it angular, like this.

could you try to wiggle a bit? we now put on the branches, which are wellramified, so the earth is stabilized, since it is quite steep. this will then be stabilized with branches and wood nails, so it won't erode when it rains. when we're finished we put in the seeds, followed by a layer of mulch. here we take out salad seeds, and throw it in. some onions, salad, garden radish, sunflowers, spring garlic and spring onions as well. this is kind of a winter coat, which also becomes a fertilizer,

and it protects against the rain... but hopefully it won't be too windy now..