"Sorry to hear that Roger, but your reasoning makes a lot of sense!
If anyone wants, as my garden is very very small I'd be happy to switch the location to my place - we have air conditioning so we could have a small morning tea as an end of…"
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GARDEN VISIT - Roger and Brenda's - End of Year Party - 15-12-2019 at Address will be sent closer event
December 15, 2019 from 10am to 12pm
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY Sunday Date to be Fixed December 10.00am TO 12.00pmThis will be our End of Year PartyThe address will be sent closer the date. The address is always sent to your email you signed up with, if it is different you will need to change it in your profileHere at Park Ridge South it has been…See More
"Sid, Don't be afraid to use any way that you can hold water, under the soil level. I have used cat litter dishes, 4l ice cream containers and small buckets such as yoghurt tubs, I filled them with gravel or sand and mainly cheap…"
"My experiences with clay pot irrigation is logged HERE.
I set up clay pot system at a friends' property near Chinchilla -- drought and so very little water available -- and the beds (recycled corrugated iron tank, cut in half) are…"
"Sid, I'm not sure how your wicking bed turns into a slow draining tub unless you've got a hole in the base? Do you have a photo of your setup?The overflow that sticks out the side is essentially the maximum height of water in the system.…"
"Sorry Valerie, do you mean the other way round? "
"For my home garden, I have 7 larger beds (1.8x0.8)and 3 smaller (0.8 x 0.4). The larger wicking beds are fantastic and pretty much the only way I grow during summer. I water them once per week from top of soil (not in a fill pipe).…"
"My bathtub wicking bed is a disaster. I can't say that the olla pots I am using in the old wicking bed are fantastic but they are keeping things growing despite the heat so thumbs up. The fruit trees in wicking bins are doing as well as can be…"
GARDEN VISIT - Valerie's to be held at Yoorala Street Community Garden - 24-11-2019 at Address will be sent closer event
November 24, 2019 from 10am to 12pm
SUNDAY Sunday 24th November 9.00am TO 11.00amAddress sent Sat 23rd 11.45am..The address is always sent to your email you signed up with, if it is different you will need to change it in your profileValerie's GV will be held at:- Yoorala Street Community Garden Inc (YSCG Inc) was established in 2010. The garden is a space for…See More
"My wicking bed gets no sun in winter so I can only grow in it in summer. However, if I had my time again, every veg bed would be a wicking bed. "
"For my home garden, I have 7 larger beds (1.8x0.8)and 3 smaller (0.8 x 0.4). The larger wicking beds are fantastic and pretty much the only way I grow during summer. I water them once per week from top of soil (not in a fill pipe).…"
Jeff Kiehne commented on Sid Saghe's status"The ground is getting so dry that i wanted to plant some corn seed so dug up and watered and the next day was totally dry so unless it starts raining wicking beds and hydroponics may be the only way to grow without needing lots of water."
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Hi friends, I've had these two pop up and I'm having a little trouble identifying, can anyone point me in a direction?
"One has a leaking seal that I THOUGHT I had fixed but it turns out I hadn't, so right now it's basically a slow draining tub rather than a wicking bed. The other had a soil blocking the water pipe which will be an easy fix but is still…"
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- Growing food in my backyard and potentially keeping native bees.
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The limits of bathtub gardening?
Posted on October 22, 2018 at 15:31 7 Comments 2 Favorites
Hey team!
As many of you may already know, I'm a big fan of planting in old bathtubs. Due to constraints at our home (size, storm drains, doggo, etc) everything I do needs to be raised. I was thinking of planting a few small trees in my tubs instead of doing large pots - are there any obvious downsides to this plan?
I'm not planning on moving them around (at least, not for quite a long time) but I'm sure I'm probably missing some problems!
As a bonus, have a new tub I…
ContinueGood Morning!
Posted on July 13, 2018 at 9:50 3 Comments 1 Favorite
I thought I would share a couple of photos from my fledgling garden - I'm a complete novice but have had some small successes. Growing up all of the emphasis was on learning computers and similar skills rather than the hands on side, so I really am starting from level 0 (I had no idea most plants are meant to, you know, die).
I look forward to learning as much as possible and hopefully getting along to some visits!
The photos are my first potential pumpkin baby, some flowers, a…
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- At 0:12 on August 14, 2018,
Rob Collings said…
Hi Sid, the BLF regulars have posted good advice as usual, however they have humbly forgotten about themselves :)
For Brisbane gardening, I would try brisbanelocalfood, just alone for the diversity of direction you gain from this 10 year + compilation of info.
I would not use ning's search engine when looking for something specific. I have found google to be a better search engine for the site... examples below...
In the google search type :
site:brisbanelocalfood.ning.com garden preparation
site:brisbanelocalfood.ning.com pepino
Even throw a few regular posters' names in, some have been posting blogs, comments, pictures and videos for years.
site:brisbanelocalfood.ning.com Dianne
In google, change the 'All' option and to 'Images' and get BLF picture results as in the example below.
Sometimes a little more work, however the results can be diversely rich.
- At 6:07 on July 10, 2018,
Dianne Caswell said…
Good Morning Sid, Welcome to Brisbane Local Foods (BLF).
Here at the top of the page, you will find many GROUPS to join. One of these is the GARDEN VISITS, 2018 GARDEN VISITS CALENDAR. We have a Garden Visit on this Saturday if you would like to come along.I am sure you would enjoy visiting our member’s gardens. We have members who grow many different kinds of Gardens, Permaculture, Aquaculture, Wicking Beds, Traditional and many more. The GV's are usually held once a month. At the GV's we share cuttings, plants, produce, seeds, knowledge as well as a good chat and a lovely Homemade Morning Teas.
We have many subjects of interest, if you have any questions I am sure we would have a member or site available to answer that question. If you feel you are particularly adept in a field you may like to add a new Group to our List or perhaps do a talk or demonstration at one of our GV. If a yes for the GV you might like to friend me and we can see what we can do. We are always looking for new ideas.
You may like to go into your page and change the Pea Leaf Avatar for one of your own, it makes it a little more personal and as soon as we see your own Avatar we know who it is. Please enjoy BLF…..
- At 21:31 on July 9, 2018,
Andrew Cumberland said…
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