People often ask what lining materials are safe for wicking beds, especially when plastic films are involved. In this newsletter Colin Austin explains a practical, engineering-based answer: black polythene is […]

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Wicking beds are often described as a water-saving trick, but that misses the bigger point. Modern food systems are excellent at producing cheap energy food, yet many diets are short […]

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Wicking beds emerged from practical experiments aimed at growing food under drought conditions, first in Ethiopia and later elsewhere. The core problem was not the absolute lack of water, but […]

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The wicking bed basket scheme was designed to make truly nutritious, fresh food available to almost everyone, including people with limited space, time, or gardening experience. It combines soil biology, […]

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Wicking beds are usually seen as a backyard method, but they can also be scaled up to deliver major public benefits: more reliable food production, lower water use, improved soils, […]

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BioPack is a simple, practical way to rebuild tired or degraded soils by reintroducing the biology that creates fertile structure. Each BioPack combines a living host plant inoculated with mycorrhizal […]

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WickiMix is a biologically active soil regeneration system designed to convert waste organic material into living, fertile soil. It works by combining diverse soil biology with essential minerals to support […]

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This question and answer article brings together real conversations between growers and Colin Austin, addressing the most common practical issues faced when using wicking beds. It covers greywater reuse, organic […]

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Older soil science focused on sand, silt, clay, and nutrients like NPK. Modern soil science adds the missing piece: biology. Biology is what turns dead dirt into living soil by […]

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Climate change is often presented as complex and mysterious, yet the basic physics behind it has been understood for more than two centuries. Long before computers and satellites, scientists were […]

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