For our grey water waste from the Octagon, we decided on a natural green water filter. Since there isn't enough space by the structure for a large pond, we made two small ponds. The first and larger pond has a worm bin where the water enters the pond. This is the initial filter for the… Continue reading Small Greywater Ponds
Since the creation of the Hugelbed, we have added seeds. Basically, we bought a bunch of random packets and threw them on. Some plants are starting to grow—mostly watermelon plants so far. We don´t expect to get tremendous results right away, since it takes time for the Hugel to get established. We also added two… Continue reading Hugelbed: Growing Food
Haffy has been excited about introducing ponds to our farm, inspired by Sepp Holzer's use of ponds for establishing water independence and ecosystem restoration.We decided to start small with a greywater filtration pond for our future home, and a green filter pond for our swimming pool. Bearing in mind global warming and our current water… Continue reading Digging the Ponds
We decided to make a Hugel bed next to our future greywater pond. It was a creative solution for the excess soil we dug out for the pond, and well-situated, framing the water by our future home. We used pine logs for the most part and some oak and chestnut branches as well, collecting dead… Continue reading Starting the Hugel Bed
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