Blueberry Guild

Here is my plan for the blueberry hugel that I started in the fall.

I have purchased the Maximilian Sunflower (seed), the Asters (seed), the Purple Coneflower (seed) and the Daikon Radish (seed).

The sunflower, aster and coneflower are to encourage the pollinators to visit not only the Blueberry Guild, but also my garden.

The Daikon Radish is to help pull nurtients from the subsoil and deposit them near the surface in the fall.  Plus the long root helps to break up the subsoil.  We aren't really radish eaters, but we will try a few of these to see what they are like.

I am planning to put in peas to help fix nitrogen into the soil and also the Nasturtium to help suppress the weeds.

I have not found a good source for the Comfrey.  I am still looking into that a bit further.  I think I would prefer the sterile one that I've read about, this way I do not have to worry so much about it spreading on it's own.  Once it is planted, that will be it's spot and I won't need to move it.  I would also like to plant some near my compost pile, which, it too will remain in the same place. I wanted this primarily for the compost pile and for mulching.  If you have a suggestion of where to get it from at a reasonable rate, I'd appreciate knowing. 

My blueberry bushes I will get locally.  There is a man who has a nursery at his home in the area and has a large selection of plants and trees that are grown locally and that he grows on his property.  I purchased some holly, hosta and rhododendron from him last year and they all did wonderfully once transplanted. I am hoping to get three different varieties so that I can have a nice, continuous harvest.

I am looking forward to having this area come together.  It is the first time I am trying to build a hugel and I'm excited to see how it is coming along.  The snow is still covering it.  Once I can work the soil a bit, I am hoping to be able to level the ground a bit more, as it still needs to come up on the one side as it is not level and with the settling it has done it looks rather lopsided.  I still would like to enclose the sides and we are working on gleaning some free wood to put around the sides to hold it all in place.