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Apr 27, 2013 4:03 AM CST
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Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
And in the end...a happy beginning!
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle I sent a postcard to Randy! I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
For our friend, Shoe. Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Enjoys or suffers cold winters Birds Permaculture Container Gardener
Dave and Trish...
Just now reading the spring updates on your beds. Looks really great and I'm happy to see such fantastic progress on the hugel swales/beds.

"...built too many hugelkultur beds to count." Hah! Well, you may have lost count but I don't think you can have too many hugelkultur beds, eh?

I recently dug (plowed) a huge swale at the lower end of my garden. Guess I better get on the bandwagon and do some hugel-ing with it.

Enjoyed the recent article with Margaret Roach also, which brought me back to this article/update.

Again, congrats on your beds and big time thanks for sharing with others on ATP and elsewhere.

Best you to and yours!
Shoe
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Apr 29, 2013 8:08 AM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Shoe I think you're the first to notice my update; just added that info a few days ago. Thanks for the compliments; we're really loving these beds and we're using the technique everywhere. You should see our veggie garden now. It's pretty crazy, but we're getting a lot of production!

Your swale sounds interesting. Even without hugelkultur, it'll do well since it'll hold the rainwater for longer. Have you planted into it yet? I'd be looking at some kind of southern pea (purple hull peas or cowpeas) for its first year.
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May 2, 2013 6:23 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
And in the end...a happy beginning!
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle I sent a postcard to Randy! I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
For our friend, Shoe. Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Enjoys or suffers cold winters Birds Permaculture Container Gardener
Howdy..
It's taking me a while to get back here but it's the "outdoor season" so it's not my fault! Thumbs up

Nope, haven't planted anything near my swale yet. It's very clay-ey and also at my most shady area. I'm sure I'll have but break it up a bit before planting something there.

Looking forward to pics of your veggie garden this year.
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May 2, 2013 6:31 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Howdy again Shoe, it's a pleasure to get to "see you" during the busy season!!

Here's a photo from a couple weeks ago of a new garden area we made. Lots of big beds and we're growing tomatoes mostly in this area. Starting this fall it will have a lot more perennials planted. We're doing a lot more mixed plantings these days, rather than rows of single plants. You can't see it but we have borage, basil and much more growing all through the tomato beds.

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May 4, 2013 4:31 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
And in the end...a happy beginning!
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle I sent a postcard to Randy! I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
For our friend, Shoe. Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Enjoys or suffers cold winters Birds Permaculture Container Gardener
Looks good to me! Still wish I had a few rolls of that hay/straw.

Thanks for the reminder, I have a huge amount of borage seed I should be sowing; maybe this weekend if the rain ever stops. Plus here it is a mere 48 degrees this morning, in May~! Sheesh.

Loaded up, and bundled up with flannel shirt and jacket and off to market.

Happy Gardening
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May 4, 2013 5:55 AM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Good selling!!
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Jun 27, 2013 11:02 AM CST
Name: Roxanne Sterling-Falkenstein
Cave Junction, Oregon (Zone 5b)
I also am digging the update.. I started the hugelkulture page on FB and just added your page here to the ABOUT section, cause it's that good! I tip my hat to you. Excellent work!
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
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Jun 27, 2013 11:09 AM CST
Name: Mary
My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b)
Gardening dilettante, that's me!
Plays in the sandbox Native Plants and Wildflowers Butterflies Dog Lover Daylilies The WITWIT Badge
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Bluebonnets Birds Region: Georgia Composter Garden Ideas: Master Level
wait - there's a hugelkultur page on FB? LInk, please?
Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...
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Jun 27, 2013 11:13 AM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Yes, a link please.

And thank you for the compliments. The article gets visits every day and that's why I post frequent updates to it. I guess it's really a living article, at this point. Smiling
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Jun 27, 2013 11:19 AM CST
Name: Mary
My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b)
Gardening dilettante, that's me!
Plays in the sandbox Native Plants and Wildflowers Butterflies Dog Lover Daylilies The WITWIT Badge
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Bluebonnets Birds Region: Georgia Composter Garden Ideas: Master Level
and welcome to ATP, Roxanne! Welcome!
Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...
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Jun 27, 2013 10:28 PM CST
Name: Roxanne Sterling-Falkenstein
Cave Junction, Oregon (Zone 5b)
Here's the link to the FB page
https://www.facebook.com/pages...
Thanks for the welcome
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
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Mar 20, 2014 10:09 AM CST
Name: BlueFox
Grand Forks, B.C. Cdn. Zone 5A (Zone 4a)
Romantic & Rustic, Xeric & Organic
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers cold winters Sempervivums Sedums Garden Art I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Charter ATP Member Region: Canadian Cactus and Succulents Xeriscape Garden Ideas: Level 1
Thanks for the link, Roxanne - this is fascinating - guess what I'll be doing if spring ever arrives...
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