Watch this Before Building a Hugelkultur Bed

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In this video I will explain what went terribly wrong with the hugelkultur raised bed I made.

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Hugelkultur beds are a great way to create a very fertile area to grow food in. I was excited to try one and decided to build a raised bed that was filled halfway with logs and other organic matter. I never stopped to consider wether any ants would be making nests in these logs. Long story short they made a nest. The ants in the logs were a carpenter ant that I was already having problems with from before. It was farming scales and aphids on some of my plants. By giving the ants an ideal location to make a nest their numbers were able to increase and I was having more and more problems with the aphids and scales. I still believe hugelkultur beds are a great way to increase fertility, but I if I ever try and make another one I will only be using small sticks and not logs.

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