by matt walker » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:29 pm
Ha, well, I can use the exercise. No Jostein, I am pretty sure I'll be doing this project alone. I can't really imagine getting any friends excited about ditch digging! Lol. Cj, I have considered it, and I agree, it seems like a great combo. I have a LOT of material I could bury here, so I'm certainly leaning towards building up the swale that way. Also, the more I've been in my garden lately, the less I think Hugel beds will work for me there,(it's TOO wet, if I dug now the trenches would be ponds!) so I can use that material on the swales of the upper property. I think I'm just going to get started and see how it goes. One of the bigger parts of the job is actually going to be fencing out the sheep and cows. Where I intend to start this is currently part of their pasture.