Oct 25, 2024
Sword fern, one of those plants that does well I. Shady places. I use a plastic storage box with drain holes drilled about 30 mm above the base, so it acts like a wicking bed.
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Sword fern, one of those plants that does well I. Shady places. I use a plastic storage box with drain holes drilled about 30 mm above the base, so it acts like a wicking bed.
How to Build a Raised Wicking Bed that self-waters
Food is Free Project
The last couple of weeks have been crazy busy with lots going on and still more coming up.
The long weekend had a visit from some very good friends from Fort McMurray. They came down to find out more about Aquaponics and see what they can implement up North. I drove them crazy with a ton of information and dragged them off to the Face to Face Meetup.
At the end of it, they went back with the intent of starting up an insulated shed/greenhouse as the first steps and plans on building up an IBC tote system shortly.
I cant wait to see the development as they go!
While they were here we also did some stuff in our own yard.
We managed to make some headway on our edible front yard. The Verge Permaculture Course we took with Rob Avis is again kicking into high gear at our house and we have created up our first wicking bed for the front of the house. We now have a 16′ x 4′ x 3′ deep wicking bed frame in place and have hopes that we will have a second one in place and both up and running shortly.
For the implementation we had to trench things out, remove some dead trees, prune pines, get the lumber and do the build. Not a short stack of of work with that short stack of a list.
We still have a bunch of work to do on it, but it is coming along! I still have a few trips to the dump to make to clean up the mess that I plan on doing today after I get this post up.
Tomorrow is the Calgary Eats! A taste of our local food system.
We will be one of the presenters at this event and it should be awesome!
With this event you will be able to tour the Calgary regional food system. See what’s going on in different food sectors around the city and how you can take action to work towards building a sustainable, accessible and resilient food system!
If you are into food safety, food security or just good food and community, this is an event for you to check out!
You will find information on:
Production
Processing and Distribution
Access/Consumption
Waste Recovery
Community and Education
This unique event aims to engage Calgarians interested in building a sustainable local food system. A sustainable and resilient food system means that we recognize the connections between economic vibrancy, environmental sustainability and community health from the production of food through to waste recovery.
Get your tickets and come see us at the event!
style=”color: #666666;”>As for now, here is the video update. I will attempt to have another update for next week and get more completed up on our projects this weekend!
By The Twitching Of My Thumbs Something Wicking This Way Comes… The last couple of weeks have been crazy busy with lots going on and still more coming up.
This is our first wicking bed project. More pictures coming soon!