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PostPosted: Jul 23rd, '12, 10:50 
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Any tricks with the corners JT?
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PostPosted: Jul 23rd, '12, 11:14 
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Nope, no tricks.... just a hospital inside corner..... I used this type on all my EPDM corners in the greenhouse FT and GB's

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hmmm.. hospital corners. I never was any good at those. May have to get Mrs Charlie in to help me out with my DWC liner.
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I have a few pics on my greenhouse thread where I show where I fold the corners.....

my sister and niece left this morning so I jumped right into getting the WB set up

got it almost finished.. just need to put on the finishing strips and cut the excess liner off

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File comment: Starting to add the sand.... corners done, starting to make progress
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File comment: sand going in.... took about a half yard of sand
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File comment: Sand all in and wet down to settle it....
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Continue of previous pics

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File comment: Putting in the separation barrier between the sand and topsoil - the clamps and 2 x 4's you see are to just hold the liner until I can finish it out
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File comment: I added sand to the top soil to make it lighter and will help with the wicking effect
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File comment: All the topsoil is in and ready for plants.. the tube on the right is to fill, the tube on the left is for scraps and composting worms
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Hey charlie

found the section where I folded the FT corners...

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5259&start=90

a couple msgs down..

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Thanks JT, that helped a lot. Heaps of corner photo's. Ill be referencing to your thread on the weekend.

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Crap JT! I think u put that wicking bed in the wrong location! Wasn't it supposed to go 7ft to the left :P
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hmmm

7 feet to the left would be in the garage.... that would work great in the winter... :cheers:
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Getting ready to go out of town tomorrow 7-26 and will be gone a week, will be taking my
laptop so I can log in

got the WB planted out with LOTS of different stuff to see how it goes, I had quite a few plants overgrown in the flats so transferred them

the topsoil is a blend of basic topsoil and turkey manure (light)

I will post a pic when I get back to see how it does..

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Just a quick update....

when I was out of town, it rained almost everyday and everyday was overcast so the plants didnt grow that much..... for the last 3 days I've been back, its been raining....

so... the overflow works perfectly......

after I get a few days of sunshine, I will take some more pics....

I am getting ready to start the next bed as soon as it stops raining

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Sorry for joining this thread late, also sorry if I missed the answer to the following question of it is already answered. Were the crates cover with weed/root barrier cloth?
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Sorry for joining this thread late, also sorry if I missed the answer to the following question of it is already answered. Were the crates cover with weed/root barrier cloth?



yes I used landscape cloth to completely cover the milk crates...
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I wonder I'd anyone has tried making a lawn that way... I know they are kind of a resource drain, but kids are much better to have on a lawn than terrorizing a vegi garden. That might also make for an effective gray water system...
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A lot of the school playing fields around here use something like this.. they pump water into underground pipes to water the fields... the water stays and wicks up to the grass....even in the biggest droughts, the playing fields (baseball, football, soccor, etc) look great.

My idea is to set up 4 IBC's as water storage, 1100 gallons (4163 L) to top up the ap and wicking beds... we are in a moderate drought here and have been for a few years....

when we do get rain its a gully washer.... lots of rain in a very small amount of time... so time to start capturing it..

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