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I would like to document the start to finish of my wicking bed construction of my sand dune

I live in Onslow Western Australia. It is basically hot , humid and dry with great bushland and beaches for good shooting and fishing


I have spent all summer looking into BnBobs Bits out the Back blogg found here

http://bitsouttheback.blogspot.com.au/p ... ction.html


For anyone thinking of investing time or moneys into constructing a wicking bed, you have to check him out !!!



This is my blow by blow construction.....What I couldn't do, I had to get my own Bob the Builder in to help..........

First you need the tools.....Drop Saw, Drill, and Grinder

I see you still have both your big toes so thats a good start

Oh yeah, and BnBobs blog and vids are great

Work boots are the essential when in construction !!!! as is high quality safety glasses

so into the construction i will go..........

I am building the beds 450 mm high , the lengths and widths are variable


I bought angle line 50mm x 50mm x 3mm from a reputable steel manufacturer

Angle line cut through the drop saw ( Cut like butter )

The smaller width sides of the garden bed will now be constructed......

2 angle line ( 450mm ) cut pieces will be fixed to corragate colour bond sheet cut 450mm in height, and to what ever desired width !! using self tapping screws with a rubber, 12 - 14 mm width to 20 mm length

Drilling inside to out, the flack can be grinded off later

Now the length.......grind away to the desired ( remembering the 450mm in height )

and join

Now the finish to the form of the wicking bed box

Looking good Jessy, looking good !!

I am so happy , the rock turned up. I found it really hard up here to buy the rock

100mm PVC was delivered, the ground levelled, weed mat and black plastic started to be layed

next part of construction will be posted in a few days

HS...thats alot of rock. Is it just for the wiking beds?

I used to live in Onslow as a kid. We lived on Cameron Ave...Number 16, I think??

That blog link is pretty cool. A workmate was describing doing just the same thing yesterday, but couldn't recall what the name was. Looking forward to seeing yours! And yes, that is a sheetload of rock!!

Awesome Jessy, just awesome !

Now that you've seen the volume of rock up close do you still want to stick with using the wheelbarrow ?