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You’re a dag. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. I’m about to make a new worm farm in a foam box. Can’t wait now.

I wan’t to try this wicking system with building a worm farm.

Helen you are so entertaining to watch. I'd have no idea you worked for an evil corp like Serco for 4 years.

thats the old boroondara green waste bins

This is a very informative video! 👏

Good old Boroondara!

Love your videos Helen, you always make me smile 😃

Hahaha you are hilarious! Thanks for some great information mixed in with some good chuckles 🤭🪱👍🏼🌼

The inventor of Wicking beds, Colin Austin, deeply regrets that the information he posted on wicking beds got misread. Won't go into details here but to say that any type of gravel/scoria/bluemetal inhibits the wicking process as does the geotextile/shadecloth etc. Using sandy loam throughout the reservoir and a good soil compost mix in the growing level produces the optimum wicking process. Beds will still function using the gravel etc but nowhere near as efficiently. For more information go to Colin Austin’s website: www.waterright.com.au/stones%20again.htm?fbclid=IwAR1a_sGAvRHlS81Rxpg1dE6a--7sKlpViyDYqc_1ZQBi8Znk14UOBdcr5Lc Another interesting development is work by Chris Curtis testing various wicking methods. See:- www.roogulli.com/wicking-beds?fbclid=IwAR2GpjoQVv7A-HzDOCTtL-N1uHQCK-xQrZe64ohibvgGcuLLn4y5_ozM_wQ

Can you filter grey water through charcoal?

Thanks very nice tutorial 👍🏼

This is a wheelie great idea!

Highly entertaining and educational. Well done!

What have you done to your hair? How far from nature isnt' that.

I have also been watching you tube videos about wicking beds and agree this is the best so far. So easy to listen to and so much enthusiasm makes me want to get out in the garden right now. Thank you.

Great video thank you 😊

Good morning 🌞 your garden is beautiful 💐🌺🌹

I live in S.E.Queensland. Drought's hitting everyone even now in January. Thank God for some rain we had. Please see Book of John, especially John 3:3 and John 14:6. Thanks for gardening tips

Thanks for the vid. I prefer to water by watering cans & find this is facilitated by evenly distributed "wells" rather than using a hose. Faster, a lot less bending but still good for the muscles. Of course, the hose is still useful for filling the wells. The wells can be otto bins (as pictured) or larger ponds, so long as they're big enough to dip a watering can into. If they are open to the sky it will be worth adding a bread tray or milk crate so birds, bees etc can access in hot weather.

I love my Vegepod wicking bed we have extreme winds and fruit fly, both no longer an issue. Nearly ready to make my own 👏🏻

I am convinced 😃 , I am now a very happy new subscriber 🌻

This is probably the most enthusiastic well researched and just plain fun home gardening videos I’ve seen, You’d make a great Gardening Australia host, as a later in life renter I just love all your ideas and hints, especially the toaster 😂. Jules from Country Vic ☀️🌻

great video SustainableGardening :) Is it possible to pop in some English subs, for the hearing impaired please?

We are learning this in class and is there anyway to make it fun

Thank you! Well described and great to have a reference to the creator!

Hi thanks very much for this video it is all you need to start a wicking bed, great clear concise information. The step by step information is brilliant I now have all the information I need to start the wicking bed, I am starting with a recycled stainless steel laundry tub as a practice run - to grow strawberries and some herbs.

Haha love the video - please say hello to Simone and Bruce for me!!!

I'm going to try adding a fish tank air stone into my water tube to help keep it from going anaerobic.

What a crack up. Love it.

Mate, it is now choco pudding night in our house tonight- do you ever do double sauce quantities, too? Yumbo scrumbo. I've been doing my wicking beds on a smaller scale in styrofoam containers from the vege shop- another thing to keep out of landfill! I find they work really well in our aussie summers, when the moisture can be leeched out of a normal pot about an hour after you water it, argh! They're also pretty brilliant over autumn/winter, as with the occasional bit of rain, I NEVER have to water them. I've since stopped using the intake pipe, though, as watering as normal fills it up no probs, and it saves me a bit more. I just use the ol' finger test to see if it needs watering. I use a mix of budget compost from bunnings, mushroom compost, coir, six month aged horse manure, and sand. Seems to work really well. Cutting some holes into the sides of old pots and burying them in the middle of the bed, adding some moist coir, some shredded paper, and some vege scraps means I can raid my sister's worm farm for a few in-bed helpers, too! Just make sure to keep a terracotta saucer on the top of that, with mulch over it, otherwise the poor wormies cook in summer.

Is she the Steve Irwin of gardening? So much enthusiasm and character. Brilliant!

Thank you for answering all of my questions. this is the best video I've come across. I recently found that my bin has a few maggots and you gave a quick treatment.

Been enjoying watching your videos lately, until today, not sure if you are aware, but seeing that T shirt, for me being a Vietnamese-Australian is like a Jewish person looking at someone wearing a T with a Nazi swastika on it...

I dont have the space to waste on carrots that have patchy germination and or dont transplant well. To ensure I have no gaps and wasted space, I start those picky seeds in toilet paper/kitchen towel tubes. I plant the seedling tube and all into the garden when ready and there is no transplant shock.

Very nice video:-) informative and your voice is lively and happy:-)

How do I get rid of my neighbours weeds?

I have pondered using wicking beds but I have concluded they are not a great idea. They use too much water. I spot water my plants whereas wicking beds soak the whole bed. They also tend to over water the roots leading to outbreaks of disease. My friend's wicking beds have seen all but corn die in the early stages of growth whereas my spot watered and mulched vegies are thriving.

Absolutely. Loved your video. Best I've seen for aussie gardening

What /where are you now? You dropped off from this channel 7yrs ago. You and these videos are super awesome need more aussie vids

Very informative video. Thanks. And you're a bit of a character :)

What a great informative video- I am going to watch every other video you have made as finally I have found something here in Australia. I live in Brisbane & have a small but fabulous backyard vege patch now as I filled in our big cement swimming pool. Also the most sensational HUGE potting shed with really bright coloured benches etc- just love it. Cheers Denise- email is denise@brady.solutions

Oh damn she’s punk!

I've never had a worm escape from a bin, over the top or through the holes. What they will do, though, is crawl right between that bottom screen/mesh piece and the tub, many will perish. If bin conditions are right, worms won't run away from home, the screen isn't necessary & likely to cause more problems than it's supposed to solve.

You don't add a cup or two of soil or sand to aid their gizzards in grinding and digestion. I consider that to be a fairly essential step in the bedding process.

love the video sorted all my fears thankyou from the uk

LOL..so cool!

A trick for getting the plastic into the corners of the garden: Fill with a small amount of water.

Excellent!!! Best worm-educating video I’ve found so far! Funny, creative, well done!

Adore your informative quirky tutorials.....binge watching. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Rebecca

Please spell out all the material on screen. Hard to understand especially for USA