i am going to just see what happens if it is just left to do its thing for this experiment, will plant it with peas and beans with a couple of pumpkins. it is using logs that were not rotten but had been seasoned for 3 years and most of it is Lime which breaks down very quickly if it is wet. i had about 10 tonnes of wood on the farmers field like he said i could. but now he wants to be able to turn his combine round on this land and wants the logs and wood chips gone by harvest. this is why i am doing the hugels. just thought it would work with the lime very well. we shall see! i have got about 6 single cab hilux pickup loads of powder rotten willow i can pickup anytime and am going to set about a massive back bed running the whole south facing span. this is about 60 meters and will make a great place to put the beech leaves from the avenue and i can blag 10 or so bales at harvest for being a good boy and getting it all clear! this is the plan anyway!