Gin Gin State School Wicking Bed Project

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Gin Gin State School - Queensland

Sunday February 11 2007, saw a fantastic turnout of Gin Gin State School teachers, parents, students, and people from the wider Gin Gin community.

The reason?

A working Bee to get the Gin Gin State School Wicking Bed Project up and running.

The Wicking Bed Project

Below is a pictorial of the progress of the Gin Gin State School Wicking Bed Project that will hopefully prove itself to be a workable pilot for others to follow.

Colin Austin's Wicking Bed Technologies utilised in this project have also been incorporated into the Easy Grow System. See easygrowvegetables.com for plans and more information.

	The Whiteboard - mapping the day
	Cutting steel legths for bolts
	Gin Gin State School Principal Chris Norris grinding bolt lengths
	Steel bolts ready for beds.
	Cutting Sleepers to lenth
	Building the Sleeper Beds
	Placing Sleepers
	Drilling Bolt holes
	Drilling for Bolts
	Bolting up the Sleeper Beds
	Laying the Poly Sheets
	Poly Sheet and Watering Pipe in place
	Mixing the Soil. Worm Castings from Kookaburra Worm Farms, garden soil and Cane mill mud.
	Mixing the Soil
	Adding to the mix
	Barrows queueing for soil
	Soil to Barrows
	Soil to the Barrow
	From Barrows to the Wicking Beds
	More Soil to the Wicking Beds
	Soil in the Wicking Beds
	Colin Austin from Waterright talking to the local Paper
	Preparing the Straw Mulch
	Mulch from Barrow to Wicking Bed
	Placing the Staw Mulch
	Wicking Beds!
	Tidying up.

Last update Feb 11 2007

1 Feb

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