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Wicking Beds: Watering from the Bottom Up
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What if you could water your vegetable garden from below instead of above?
Wicking beds have a built-in water reservoir beneath the soil. Water moves upwards through capillary action, supplying moisture to plant roots.
In this episode, Steven Biggs talks with Alberta permaculture designer Rob Avis about how wicking beds work, how to build them, and where they make sense.
Rob shares lessons from building wicking beds in his own garden and for…
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