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I finished the Hügel this afternoon, thanks to my new massive supply of wood chips. All together it's a pile of old birch logs stacked in a shallow pit, then covered by the dirt dug out from the pit, then a few inches of oak leaves, a wheelbarrow full of ages rabbit droppings, two wheelbarrows full of old garden soil and compost, topped with three wheelbarrows of oak/maple chips. This weekend I'm going to plant it with fruit and vegetable seedlings, and plant flowers around the base. As a bonus, I spread some wine cap spawn under the chips, so in the fall I should get some mushrooms from it as well.

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