DIY Upcycled Wicking Garden Beds

Wicking beds make gardening in summer more productive and time and water efficient all year around.

We’ve decided to create a series of videos walking you thought how to make wicking beds in a few ways.

Parts list

Upcycled apple crate
Old carpet or underfelt to crate bottom size
Waterproof barrier to crate sides and bottom size. This should be a food grade plastic.
Slotted Ag-pipe
Gravel – Enough to just cover ag-pipe
Geofabric or polyester fabric blanket to crate bottom size
PVC pipe and elbow fitting (or follow the supplemental video to make a elbow fitting from a milk carton)
Irrigation pipe fittings and elbow
Small section home garden irrigation pipe
42mm slats of timber
Silicon waterproof sealer

Intro video on items needed to build a wicking bed to grow nutritious food.

Step-by-step video on making a wicking bed from an apple crate.

Another how to video Using an IBC to make a wicking bed.

Up-cycle a milk container into an elbow join for both the Apple Crate and IBC style beds.