The Krater Garden (Part 1) - Elemental Ecosystems

Zach Weiss and Sepp Holzer teamed up to construct North America's largest Krater Garden at Sage Mountain Center, Montana.
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[@farmhoplife]

No way! I've been there about 10 years ago! Very cool to see them keep expanding their systems

[@louiseswart1315]

I have exactly that useless coarse granite sand to plant in, with yellowish white clay and river rocks about 40-60cm below it. I am collecting leaves and twigs like crazy to mulch the compost I am putting ontop. I made veg beds after 2 seasons of this. Digging up the huge roots we cut off of the neighbors' huge trees close to our boundary, has brought up some of the clay. I hope that that in combination with the compost will make the beginnings of loam among the coarse sand.
By now you would have guessed that I am trying my hand at urban permaculture. My beds are on contour and level, but the pathways tilt back to the beds to create mini swales. I seriously hope that this would curb the water quickly seeping through the sand and running downhill to the next neighbors on the clay and rock base underneath.

[@wolfganghuss3352]

the fruits are more bigger when the stones are in a perfect geometrie !!
we do this here .... and its work!

[@j.delacruzbravo]

what a wonderful idea!

[@djprsone]

Inspirational!

[@EndAllDiseasecom]

Hey Zach! Quick question: Since cold air moves downhill, doesn't it pool in the bottom of the Krater??

[@Water_Stories]

Cold air does move downhill, though the impact of the heated stones, and hydrated ground, able to hold it's heat without the wind blowing it away creates a warmer higher pressure zone. So as long as the cold air can continue flowing downhill it largely flows past and this effect is offset by the rising heat from the ground within the crater.