Wicking bed vegetable garden & update on the chickens 11th july 2013

July 22nd, 2015 | by admin

24 Comments

  1. David Trees says:

    Sorry to but in… If you’re in Sydney or near Newcastle. There are IBCs on
    Gumtree ranging from 80$Aus untested not cleaned to about 120/140$Aus
    cleaned and tested. We will be moving back to the northern central coast
    soon and so I am checking it out now for our budgeting. I want them to help
    my folks catch water for their gardens. Hope this helps. Cheers David

  2. Got 4 planted out, So 4 more to go and the frog farm, Working on the shade
    roof today, I hope to have it finished by the end of the day. Its a slow go
    but its coming together.

  3. Scott Baker says:

    What size is your backyard, mate? You make great use of your available
    space.

  4. BobbyW00 says:

    You do great on the “Viddie”. A true natural,

  5. The IBCs will turned into beds for the yacon, turmeric & ginger that will
    be going along the front fence John.. The 2 we already have will be used
    for the fish farm.. Looks like there may be enough room to fit a few more
    beds in out the back as well.. Just need to submit the plans to the boss
    first 😉

  6. Garden is looking great there Rob, I was looking at some IBC’s down here
    but they want $300 each for them, that to me sound a little dearish to me,
    so I mat just have to settle for a couple of the 220ltr Drums, there around
    $38 each George

  7. Was so near the end to let a little rain get in the way 😉 The feeder is
    working so much better now that it has been lowered Ben.. I keep going to
    make some smaller ones but keep getting sidetracked.. Have a great one..

  8. 😀 The deign of our loo means that the water doesn’t swirl when it gets
    flushed :) Don’t know any in the jet set community either :( Sorry I’m not
    much help there.. Have a great one though…

  9. Looking good Rob. Thanks for the update. Larry

  10. We are & try to share our produce with as many as we can:) Thanks & ave a
    great one..

  11. Thanks… Tending it keeps me out of trouble.. Have a great one..

  12. BigggRoss says:

    Congrats on the article!

  13. I do give them a feed with liquid fertiliser about once a month & find that
    helps them along. Should be every second week but things come up & I don’t
    get to it.. I have used a few different types of liquid fertilisers like
    green manure teas, worm casting teas, waste water from the solids filter in
    the aquaponics as well as commercial fish & sea weed emulsions.. For a top
    dress fertiliser I would use garden compost &/or composted manure as they
    normally have high levels of nitrogen.. TBC

  14. More than welcome.. Have a great one Vicky..

  15. Murali N says:

    As usual It is great watching your video.I do wait every week for seeing
    new updates.Glad to see Cauliflowers and Broccoli.Do you add anything more
    to the soil once they start showing heads?My cabbage is forming a head
    here.What would be ideal organic food for the soils at this stage?

  16. Ben Davies says:

    You know you’re a dedicated youtuber when you film in the rain, LOL. Great
    vid and nice leaf compost by the way. I’ll be trying the living greens
    feeder for my rabbits!

  17. I haven’t really had a problem with them but from what I have read a soap
    spray should control them. You can buy insecticidal soaps or make your own
    using PURE soaps, either liquid or from bits of dissolved bar soaps.. There
    are a few different recipes on the web but like I said haven’t had to treat
    them so don’t really know which to recommend.. If you search “controlling
    thrips with soap” & “controlling spider mites with soap” some should come
    up that you might find handy. Hope that helps some.

  18. Peter Otoole says:

    so you do talk to your chickens what is the taste like on the bell chillies
    look like a hi yield plant hope back improves good vid rob

  19. I think I could still fit more in there Chuck… I think they all need a
    good feed at the moment ready for the warmer season crops… That’s the
    next job on the list.. Have a great one sir..

  20. $300 is about triple what most sell them for up here… Have you tried
    looking on GumTree ?? We found the cheap ones on there…

  21. ROTFL! “Doctor told not to do something but I’m going to do it anyway” You
    sound like me. The family is always pissed off at me because I just can’t
    sit still for days on end like they do.

  22. Thanks.. The chooks really deserve all the credit :)

  23. Great vid and cool article, now that your famous do you have a star on your
    dressing room door? lol thanks for the great videos!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *