Hugelkulture Bed 1 - I began with a 4' wide about 1' deep and put in old firewood that was too rotted to burn, then added other branches and rabbit droppings (not shown) before covering back up with soil. Planted several times as shown in pictures in comments. This was an area that floods a lot when it rains heavily and then it just sits in the black gumbo soil. Since having this bed, it doesn't flood here or past this area into my other garden beds any longer. The second year it began to self water. The wood absorbs the water and then releases it as needed.