How I built my first Permaculture Mound. Work with Nature, not against it !

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Here we are ( finally !) back in the countryside ! Hello dear Hivers, I hope you're well. It's been almost 3 weeks since we've been able to visit, and I think that's the longest we've been away.

So, without further ado, and in order to make the most of this slow-growing winter season, I've decided to get on with the rest of the garden and get it ready for spring !

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Permaculture mounds are a fascinating subject and one of the reasons for this is that there is a whole series of them, with different material bases. After that, the result and the principle remain the same: you pile up organic matter and then grow crops on it !


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This is the model that comes closest to the one I built. So I found the image afterwards and for this mound, I put into practice several ideas and major principles of permaculture :

  • Make with what's available locally.
  • Encourage short cycles and the wealth of biodiversity.
  • Work with nature, not against it. Nothing good comes of it.

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I started by simply piling up organic matter that had been cut down from invasive and overgrown trees, mainly Buddleja davidii. This butterfly tree doesn't seem all that good for pollinators after all, but in this case it's mainly because these trees were taking up too much space.

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I used the largest branches to form the general outline of this mound. I'd say it's about 1.5 meter wide and 5 or 6 meters long. It may not seem like there's that much material, but for this one growing bed, there are 3 complete trees.

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On top, I ended up adding dead leaves from other pruning periods.

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To finish, I fetched about thirty wheelbarrows of straw, which had been mown from the large meadow on the higher ground. 10 kilograms per wheelbarrow, you can do the maths ^^ !

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And here's the result a little later...

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After that, I packed down the straw to speed up the decomposition of the leaves underneath... But it's not quite finished yet, as I'm still thinking of adding some of this year's 'dead' leaves, perhaps another layer of soil, and to really finish it off, a final layer of straw !

I'll keep an eye on it, but this first structure is already in place and I hope to tell you more about it soon. In any case, I hope this has been of interest to you and I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read it !

Have a nice day and see you soon,

<3

@anttn


All the texts and images presented here are my own.






Nous voilà (enfin !) de retour à la campagne ! Bonjour chers Hivers, j'espère que vous allez bien. Cela faisait presque 3 semaines que nous n'avions pas pu venir et je pense que c'était presque la plus longue période durant laquelle nous n'étions pas venus.

Sans plus tarder, et afin de profiter de cette saison hivernale à la croissance donc ralentie, j'ai décidé d'avancer sur le reste du jardin et sa préparation en vue du printemps !

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Les buttes de permaculture sont un sujet passionnant et une des raisons est notamment qu'il en existe toute une série, avec différentes bases de matériaux. Après, le résultat et le principe restent les mêmes, on empile de la matière organique et ensuite, on cultive dessus !


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Voilà le modèle dont celle que j'ai construit s'approche le plus. Alors j'ai trouvé l'image après coup et pour cette butte, j'ai mis en pratique plusieurs idées et grands principe de la permaculture :

  • Faire avec ce que l'on trouve sur place.
  • Favoriser les cycles courts et la richesse de la biodiversité.
  • Travailler avec la Nature et non pas contre elle. On obtient rien de bon ainsi.

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J'ai commencé par tout simplement empiler de la matière organique qui provenait de coupes d'arbres envahissants et envahisseurs, principalement du Buddleja davidii. Cet arbre à papillon ne semble finalement pas si bon pour les pollinisateurs, mais dans ce cas, c'est surtout parce que ces arbres prenaient trop de place.

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J'ai utilisé les plus grosses branches pour former le contour général de cette butte. Je dirais qu'elle fait environ 1 mètre 50 de large pour environ 5 ou 6 mètres de long. On pourrait avoir l'impression qu'il n'y a pas tant de matière que cela, mais pour cette seule planche de culture, il y a tout de même 3 arbres complets.

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Au dessus, j'ai fini par rajouter des feuilles mortes qui venaient d'autres périodes de taillages.

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Pour terminer, je suis aller chercher une trentaine de brouettes de paille qui elle, venait de la fauche du grand pré sur les hauteurs de notre terrain. 10 kilogrammes par brouette, je vous laisse faire le calcul ^^ !

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Et voilà le résultat un peu plus tard..!

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Après, j'ai terminé par bien tasser la paille pour, dans l'idée, accélérer la décomposition des feuilles du dessous... Mais ce n'est finalement pas si terminé que cela puisque je pense encore rajouter des feuilles "mortes" de cette année, peut-être un autre niveau de terre, et pour vraiment finir, une dernière couche de paille !

Affaire à suivre donc, mais cette première structure a déjà le mérite d'être en place et j'espère vous en reparler prochainement. En tous cas, j'espère que cela vous aura intéressé et je vous remercie pour le temps de votre lecture !

Belle journée à vous et à très bientôt,

<3

@anttn


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Oui, on dit aussi ça ! Mais le risque de confusion est tellement grand que cela peut en décevoir certain héhé 😅

Bon weekend à toi ✌️

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Nice work so far, I would add some more like you suggest 😉
Have a beautiful day my friend.
Finally you’re back to the land.
Have fun 😘

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Yeah, finally for new adventures hehe !

Will add probably more too :))

Thank you dear, I hope you're having a nice weekend ✌️😘

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Can’t beat those kind of new adventures… they are awesome.

You are welcome @anttn 😊
I am in Sweden for a bit now 😎 exploring everything new 😁
Have a fantastic Sunday 😘

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Haha, Sweden is nice also 😅 !

Enjoy your traveling time there :))

Here we go, already back in Paris, have a lovely Sunday too 😘

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It sure is 😊 will do enjoy it all.

Really… hope you can settle soon.
Thanks a lot, hope your Sunday was lovely. Happy new week 👋🏻😘

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Haha, Sweden is nice also 😅 !

Enjoy your traveling time there :))

Here we go, already back in Paris, have a lovely Sunday too 😘

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Hey there! Sorry, I have been quite busy between business and an electronics project I did for my brother. (I may share some details somewhere in the future...)
But I'm happy to see your garden finally getting shaped and started. Looking forward to see more about it in the future. And all the best success for it!

As you just put up your first permaculture bed: you remember my suggestion of taking a look at the concept of the "three zone garden"? It's taking the principles of permaculture and extending it for even more biodiversity and sustainability. You can find the french comunity here: https://www.hortus-france.org/ (no ad, just a proposal to look up some useful information 😉)

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No problem, it happens sometimes and also for the best :) I hope your projects went well !

Many thanks for your precise looks, appreciation and good advices here. I’ve to say that I didn’t know yet this time of garden and it seems super interesting, need to look more about it, but I can already tell you a big thanks 😊 !!

Have a good new week start dear ✌️

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Hey there! :D
Well, I think my projects did go well so far. Even though I'm going to do a major rework on one of them. But that's of no hurry, as the initial version is doing it's job just fine. Version 2 will just be to make it more convenient. ;)

And you are more than welcome! I'm happy if I could give you some interesting stuff to look into. :)

Have a nice weekend and take care!

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That's nice ! Reworking can be a bit fastidious, but in the end, it's always better for the project :)

Have a lovely Sunday evening dear @aaskablackwolf and a good future week coming !

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I love that permaculture mound. If I got the time I think I am going to try it out.

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😇 If you garden and cut some vegetables and other plants, it can be just a sort of stack.. an organized one :)

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good article. how are you today. friend. 😀👍

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"Work with Nature, not against it!"

I am very interested in your sentence @anttn, and not only that, I even really agree with them. I also have a sentence that is almost the same "Be one with nature, you will definitely get goodness" :)

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100% agree with your version 😊 !

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I've never made a mound like this before with the intention of planting right into it - how much do they sink when things start to decompose? Can you just keep adding to them once you've planted things in there?

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Yes, it will indeed go down with decomposition over time, but there are indeed "models" where you can add matter from time to time, but I think a good method is to mulch often to add some !

Have a lovely weekend @emma-h2 😘

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Amazing!! I have done such mounds myself but need to get back into the practice. I appreciate the detailed explination and photos.

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