diff --git a/data/json/construction.json b/data/json/construction.json
index 7760154f9f6a2..f5994805949fd 100644
--- a/data/json/construction.json
+++ b/data/json/construction.json
@@ -6828,6 +6828,55 @@
     "activity_level": "EXTRA_EXERCISE",
     "do_turn_special": "do_turn_shovel"
   },
+  {
+    "type": "construction",
+    "id": "constr_mound_shallow",
+    "skill": "survival",
+    "group": "constr_dirtmound",
+    "category": "CONSTRUCT",
+    "difficulty": 0,
+    "time": "20m",
+    "on_display": true,
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "DIG", "level": 1 } ],
+    "pre_flags": [ "FLAT" ],
+    "pre_special": "check_empty",
+    "post_terrain": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+    "activity_level": "EXTRA_EXERCISE",
+    "do_turn_special": "do_turn_shovel",
+    "components": [ [ [ "material_soil", 200 ] ] ]
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "construction",
+    "id": "constr_mound_mid",
+    "skill": "survival",
+    "group": "constr_dirtmound",
+    "category": "CONSTRUCT",
+    "difficulty": 0,
+    "time": "20m",
+    "on_display": true,
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "DIG", "level": 1 } ],
+    "pre_terrain": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+    "post_terrain": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+    "activity_level": "EXTRA_EXERCISE",
+    "do_turn_special": "do_turn_shovel",
+    "components": [ [ [ "material_soil", 200 ] ] ]
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "construction",
+    "id": "constr_mound_tall",
+    "skill": "survival",
+    "group": "constr_dirtmound",
+    "category": "CONSTRUCT",
+    "difficulty": 0,
+    "time": "20m",
+    "on_display": true,
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "DIG", "level": 1 } ],
+    "pre_terrain": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+    "post_terrain": "f_dirtmound_tall",
+    "activity_level": "EXTRA_EXERCISE",
+    "do_turn_special": "do_turn_shovel",
+    "components": [ [ [ "material_soil", 400 ] ] ]
+  },
   {
     "type": "construction",
     "id": "constr_water_channel",
diff --git a/data/json/construction_group.json b/data/json/construction_group.json
index 0ef8db921367f..bdda7278ea74c 100644
--- a/data/json/construction_group.json
+++ b/data/json/construction_group.json
@@ -1809,6 +1809,11 @@
     "id": "constr_excavate_forestfloor",
     "name": "Turn forest floor into dirt"
   },
+  {
+    "type": "construction_group",
+    "id": "constr_dirtmound",
+    "name": "Build a Mound of Dirt"
+  },
   {
     "type": "construction_group",
     "id": "build_brick_oven",
diff --git a/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/furniture-terrains.json b/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/furniture-terrains.json
index ef44ca307d227..08549301b1796 100644
--- a/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/furniture-terrains.json
+++ b/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/furniture-terrains.json
@@ -1179,5 +1179,391 @@
         { "item": "plastic_chunk", "count": [ 1, 6 ] }
       ]
     }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "brown",
+    "looks_like": "t_dirtmound",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  If examined more closely, it's quite favorable for planting seeds and the like.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [ "TRANSPARENT", "EASY_DECONSTRUCT", "THIN_OBSTACLE", "PERMEABLE", "PLANTABLE" ],
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 50,
+      "str_max": 100,
+      "sound": "thump!",
+      "sound_fail": "thud!",
+      "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": [ 170, 200 ] } ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seed",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seed",
+    "symbol": "^",
+    "color": "brown",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  Someone has planted a seed here.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER"
+    ],
+    "examine_action": "aggie_plant",
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+      "items": [ { "item": "withered", "count": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 1, 2 ] } ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seedling", "base": "f_dirtmound_shallow" },
+    "//": "Needs planting support"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seedling",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seedling",
+    "symbol": "^",
+    "color": "green",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  There is a seed here, that has just begun to sprout its first roots.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER",
+      "GROWTH_SEEDLING"
+    ],
+    "examine_action": "aggie_plant",
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+      "items": [ { "item": "withered", "count": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 1, 2 ] } ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_shallow_mature", "base": "f_dirtmound_shallow" },
+    "//": "Needs planting support"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_shallow_mature",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seed",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "green",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  There is a matured plant here, that should be ready for harvest before long.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER",
+      "GROWTH_MATURE",
+      "SMALL_HIDE"
+    ],
+    "examine_action": "aggie_plant",
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+      "items": [
+        { "item": "withered", "count": [ 2, 8 ] },
+        { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 4, 16 ] },
+        { "item": "twig", "count": [ 1, 5 ] }
+      ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_shallow_harvest", "base": "f_dirtmound_shallow" },
+    "//": "Needs planting support"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_shallow_harvest",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seed",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "light_green",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_shallow_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  There is a fully grown plant, and will need closer examination to harvest..",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER",
+      "GROWTH_HARVEST",
+      "SMALL_HIDE"
+    ],
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_shallow",
+      "items": [
+        { "item": "withered", "count": [ 2, 8 ] },
+        { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 4, 1 ] },
+        { "item": "twig", "count": [ 1, 5 ] }
+      ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_shallow", "base": "f_dirtmound_shallow" },
+    "examine_action": "harvest_plant_ex"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+    "name": "mound of dirt",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "brown",
+    "looks_like": "t_dirtmound",
+    "move_cost_mod": 8,
+    "coverage": 60,
+    "description": "An area of dirt heaped up to your waist, not easily traversable.  If examined more closely, it's quite favorable for planting seeds and the like.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [ "TRANSPARENT", "EASY_DECONSTRUCT", "THIN_OBSTACLE", "PERMEABLE", "PLANTABLE" ],
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ], "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_shallow" },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 50,
+      "str_max": 100,
+      "sound": "thump!",
+      "sound_fail": "thud!",
+      "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": [ 170, 200 ] } ],
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_shallow"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_pile_seed",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seed",
+    "symbol": "^",
+    "color": "brown",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_pile_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  Someone has planted a seed here.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER"
+    ],
+    "examine_action": "aggie_plant",
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+      "items": [ { "item": "withered", "count": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 1, 2 ] } ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_pile_seedling", "base": "f_dirtmound_pile" },
+    "//": "Needs planting support"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_pile_seedling",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seedling",
+    "symbol": "^",
+    "color": "green",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_pile_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  There is a seed here, that has just begun to sprout its first roots.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER",
+      "GROWTH_SEEDLING"
+    ],
+    "examine_action": "aggie_plant",
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+      "items": [ { "item": "withered", "count": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 1, 2 ] } ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_pile_mature", "base": "f_dirtmound_pile" },
+    "//": "Needs planting support"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_pile_mature",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seed",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "green",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_pile_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  There is a matured plant here, that should be ready for harvest before long.",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER",
+      "GROWTH_MATURE",
+      "SMALL_HIDE"
+    ],
+    "examine_action": "aggie_plant",
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+      "items": [
+        { "item": "withered", "count": [ 2, 8 ] },
+        { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 4, 16 ] },
+        { "item": "twig", "count": [ 1, 5 ] }
+      ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_pile_harvest", "base": "f_dirtmound_pile" },
+    "//": "Needs planting support"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_pile_harvest",
+    "name": "shallow mound of dirt with seed",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "light_green",
+    "looks_like": "f_dirtmound_pile_seed",
+    "move_cost_mod": 6,
+    "coverage": 40,
+    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  There is a fully grown plant, and will need closer examination to harvest..",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [
+      "PLANT",
+      "TRANSPARENT",
+      "EASY_DECONSTRUCT",
+      "NOITEM",
+      "THIN_OBSTACLE",
+      "PERMEABLE",
+      "TINY",
+      "DONT_REMOVE ROTTEN",
+      "SEALED",
+      "CONTAINER",
+      "GROWTH_HARVEST",
+      "SMALL_HIDE"
+    ],
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 200 } ] },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 2,
+      "str_max": 6,
+      "sound": "rrrrip!",
+      "sound_fail": "brush.",
+      "sound_vol": 4,
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_pile",
+      "items": [
+        { "item": "withered", "count": [ 2, 8 ] },
+        { "item": "leaves", "count": [ 4, 1 ] },
+        { "item": "twig", "count": [ 1, 5 ] }
+      ]
+    },
+    "plant_data": { "transform": "f_dirtmound_pile", "base": "f_dirtmound_pile" },
+    "examine_action": "harvest_plant_ex"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "furniture",
+    "id": "f_dirtmound_tall",
+    "name": "tall mound of dirt",
+    "symbol": "#",
+    "color": "brown",
+    "looks_like": "t_dirtmound",
+    "move_cost_mod": -1,
+    "examine_action": "chainfence",
+    "coverage": 100,
+    "description": "A mound of dirt almost as tall as a building!",
+    "required_str": -1,
+    "flags": [ "NOITEM", "EASY_DECONSTRUCT", "MINEABLE", "PERMEABLE", "CLIMBABLE" ],
+    "deconstruct": { "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": 400 } ], "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_pile" },
+    "bash": {
+      "str_min": 50,
+      "str_max": 100,
+      "sound": "thump!",
+      "sound_fail": "thud!",
+      "items": [ { "item": "material_soil", "count": [ 340, 400 ] } ],
+      "furn_set": "f_dirtmound_pile"
+    }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/terrain-floors-outdoors.json b/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/terrain-floors-outdoors.json
index a98e575ebbeec..dedc9befb6308 100644
--- a/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/terrain-floors-outdoors.json
+++ b/data/json/furniture_and_terrain/terrain-floors-outdoors.json
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
   {
     "type": "terrain",
     "id": "t_dirtmound",
-    "name": "mound of dirt",
-    "description": "An area of heaped dirt, not easily traversable.  If examined more closely, it's quite favorable for planting seeds and the like.",
+    "name": "upturned dirt",
+    "description": "An area of loose dirt, not easily traversable.  If examined more closely, it's quite favorable for planting seeds and the like.",
     "symbol": "#",
     "color": "brown",
     "connect_groups": "DIRTMOUND",
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
   {
     "type": "terrain",
     "id": "t_dirtmoundfloor",
-    "name": "mound of dirt",
+    "name": "mound of upturned dirt",
     "description": "A giant hill of dirt that looks like you could crawl inside for shelter.",
     "looks_like": "t_dirtmound",
     "symbol": "#",