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RE: Who Says You Can't Garden in Winter: @riverflows Garden Journal
ah finally got a chance to watch this! i loved hearing your voice :) and also getting a proper walk through of your garden. now i can definitely understand the layout and all the different niches you have. you have a lot going on! it's super lovely. what is a "wicking garden" -- not familiar with that term.
yaaaay i'm so glad you made a vid!!! <3 <3 thanks!!
He he no worries, glad you got to watch it! There's a few more nooks and crannies I haven't explored, but that's for another time.
A wicking bed is a great system for dry areas. They've done amazing things with it in the desert. YOu basically put gravel in the bottom, then a layer of geofabric or shadecloth, then soil. You put a bit of pipe feeding into the gravel bit, and that's where you put the water through. The plants roots go down to the water source rather than watering from above - you get a LOT less evaporation that way. We are FINE from early Autumn to late Spring - then it's just really hard to keep teh garden watered and I feel uncomfortable with it. So I'm just going to cover it with mulch and have wicking beds which should grow enough summer vegies - cucumber, lettuce, eggplants, tomato and the like - for the two of us. I'm really excited about it!!!