jrussey said:

Nice article. Guess 'fascine' is the "French" form of 'Hugelbetten'...
I've been kind of using these ("wastewood" mounds) for various things as mentioned here -- as borders, driveway edges, swales, raised beds, ... just add grass, leaves, compost, etc. and voilà... Haven't tried tying them together or staking them, though... the accumulated compost seems to hold them/it in place for me (for what I've used them for, so far)...
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