Caroline - I keep intending to make a hugel bed or two but my branches and excess fall leaves go to the edge of my property that drops off to the wetlands. Primary goal for me is to contain soil erosion. I would love to put in fruit trees or shrubs with "companion" planting but I don't get a lot of sun.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb