Wicking beds

The wicking bed, or self-watering garden, is not that mirage of water in the desert. Rather, it is one of the most user-friendly growing infrastructures for all the lifestyle, time-poor, lazy gardeners out there. Using the age-old idea of capillary action, water in a reservoir below is drawn up and into the soil, to be used by the plants as required. Ever dipped a tissue in a glass of water and watched the moisture climb up the fibres, defying gravity? A wicking bed works in the same way.

A wicking bed is a self-watering raised garden bed for a drought-prone climate. Learn how to build one with these step-by-step instructions.

Charlie Albone shows you how.

Wicking Bed 2.0 By Raymond Jess Editor’s note: Check out our podcast interview with Raymond here, and read his first wicking bed article here. The influence behind the ingenuity… Two…

One of the questions that many people have when constructing wicking beds is what are the best rocks to use in the water reservoir section underneath. Coarse scoria is the recommended material, but…

If you’ve been looking for another way to water your thirsty garden, you might like to try wicking beds.

DIY Wicking Bed Container Garden Tutorial

A Wicking Bed, or Sub-Irrigated Raised Bed, is an extremely versatile, effective, and water-efficient food production system. You can build your own with a modest amount of carpentry skills in less…

Wicking Bed Raised Garden: I recently moved into an apartment where my landlord said that I could use a small plot of land for a garden this year. I had been reading through a number of instructables on self watering planters and came across a design for a Wicking Bed G…

gardeningfram on Instagram: "Wicking bed build - These are very simple to make and are a very sensible water saving solution in the Australian il Nino context! These beds will be used to grow an abundance of herbs and salad greens, and a ton of strawberries 🍓 Once the archway is overtaken by pumpkin vines and full sun cannot be achieved, we will swap out some of the full sun herbs for shade lovers! It's an ingenious system that is easily adapted with very little effort! Credit…