GIYGreenItYourself

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@joeprogrock 19 күн бұрын

Good, however a cheaper option, instead of using scoria use bricks with holes

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

Absolutely. Bricks, stones, terracotta pots ... thanks for adding it in.

@cottagekeeper Ай бұрын

What do you do to keep them alive in the winter?

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

The beauty of the in-garden worm bed in that they live in the soil most of the time which is a more consistent temperature than the normal free-standing worm farm. We don't get snow though - just frosts

@melusine826 Ай бұрын

Rats?

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

No. I put a few wet towels and a lid.

@Chris-hw1tt Ай бұрын

Can you mix add bio char to the bin?

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

Haven't tried but because it is alkaline it should improve the conditions for worms esp if your worm farm is a bit acidic. Don't add too much though - just a small handful/sprinkle every few weeks.

@lisadolan689 Ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos on wicking beds. Well done girl. Thanks for the info. This is exactly what I needed 🙌☺️

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

THANK YOU! Thats so lovely. Could be too MUCH information but I need to know it all so I like to deliver to someone like me!

@lisadolan689 Ай бұрын

Wiki leaks 🙌😂😂😂

@emmak9856 3 ай бұрын

I’m considering doing a wicking bed Well 5 . I see a lot of people paint them to prevent algae. Is painting them worth it or can you get away without painting them 😂 it’s all seems so much effort and painting them is just an added task

@GIYGreenItYourself 2 ай бұрын

I didn't do that ... and it's a lot of work but they do work brilliantly

@Sam-fp8zm 3 ай бұрын

will it work if the plastic is applied directly to the glass?

@GIYGreenItYourself 2 ай бұрын

No - there needs to be an air gap between plastic and glass

@michelecaldwell-ud7gb 3 ай бұрын

I tried using a can. Next to no instructions. Ill try to clean nozzle with acetone, plus using upside down. Thanks for the info.

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

I know ... it's crazy stuff. But works once you know how!

@ruthbentley2090 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant presentation! Thankyou 😎👍

@GIYGreenItYourself 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@rolfwittwer5871 3 ай бұрын

Eight years after handover of our house we experienced a mouse invasion. I found the flaps in these plastic draught excluders had all sagged, leaving a gap of about 10mm in the centre. The mice found the gap a convenient point of entry. I put a cage on top of each fan outlet and I am now looking for a metal version of the draught excluder.

@GIYGreenItYourself 3 ай бұрын

sad to say I've only seen plastic but may be a more industrial supplier has a metal version

@rosemaryogilvie6842 4 ай бұрын

Great info, thank you.

@GIYGreenItYourself 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@SkillmanHunter 4 ай бұрын

Awesome stuff, thank you!

@GIYGreenItYourself 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Chaz1962 4 ай бұрын

I'm impressed, i've never heard of this before.

@GIYGreenItYourself 4 ай бұрын

They work a treat.

@WhatChelseaEats 4 ай бұрын

Great video!

@GIYGreenItYourself 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@Sunflower139 5 ай бұрын

Great video

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@conniedaniels6362 5 ай бұрын

Fishing on christmas,jolly idea.

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

I love it!

@catsknit23 5 ай бұрын

Is Snot the same thing in Australia as it is in the US? Not sure what a Snot bucket is!

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

YEs ... and it's a long story but lets just say I had a bucket of 'synthetic snot' as a prop!

@ApisVenandi 5 ай бұрын

Will builders plastic work to seperate soil and scoria?

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

No ... you need something that will wick up (or absorb and draw-up) the water from underneath the soil. I find the geotextile the best as it will last a long time. You could use another type of fabric but it might degrade quickly meaning you'll have soil all through the substrate/scoria layer and that would mean clearing it all out.

@prakashambastha7530 5 ай бұрын

This is super helpful..Thank you!! Is that black corrugated pipe having slots/hole in it (french drain)?

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

YEp. We call it agricultural pipe in Oz.

@arhodes2866 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant tutorial

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

@jublywubly 5 ай бұрын

I've been using bin bags, to to shape, and Frog Tape (the best painter's tape) for years. I also found cardboard is even easier. I cut to just slightly larger than the four vents, leaving most of the outer vent fame exposed and hold it in place with the same Frog Tape. I've tried literally every brand of painter's tape I can find in every shop that sells it (there's only about ten types), but I found Frog Tape to be the best. It stays in place for months, without doing any damage. My reason to cover the vents is not to keep heat in. I do it because I have a-hole neighbours who have smoke illegally billowing from their chimneys. Covering the vents works helps, but smoke gets in through exhaust fans, toilet room vents and even from around sliding windows, so I use painter's tape all over the place. It keeps most of it out, but not all of it.

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip .. and that sounds super frustrating. It's a problem all over. Nice to be in front of the fire but terrible to be in the smoke-stream.

@WadeMcLean-m8b 6 ай бұрын

great vid you make it fun

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@christopherleigh5948 6 ай бұрын

Where u get the plastic film.Thankyou.

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Amazon seems to have a range of 'window insultation film' but if you can find it at local business ...go there!

@ianelmquist3108 6 ай бұрын

What about the top sash?

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

I actually put it on the outside of this window knowing that it might get a bit weathered. Sash windows are tricky but you could also try the bubble wrap on the top.

@sabinamarti7153 6 ай бұрын

I really love this video. I am right now planing to put my worms that I have cultivated over the swiss winter into a raised garden bed on the terrace.

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Go for it!

@KimberlySotelo-v6z 6 ай бұрын

I'd like to see how you cover this! Thanks!

@GIYGreenItYourself 4 ай бұрын

Sure thing! I use some old folded towels which I can soak with water in hot weather

@joyabia682 6 ай бұрын

I want to have less plastic in the garden though. thanks for sharing. This is what IU will do in my veggie beds this year.

@GIYGreenItYourself 4 ай бұрын

Great idea! My bad but wasn't prepared to redo the video singlehandedly and all!!!

@devzy844 6 ай бұрын

I know this is a old video, but is the product still availible, i see heatsaver website is down?

@GIYGreenItYourself 5 ай бұрын

Sadly I think they've shut up shop. I'll see if I can find another supplier

@otrdriver5917 6 ай бұрын

Kids would love a stocking full of worms. Thats hilarious.

@otrdriver5917 6 ай бұрын

Worms slither through metal, glass,rocks,sticks,thorn bushes, and whatever else is buried in the ground. Im quite certain the edges of some drill holes are much of an obstacle for them.

@GIYGreenItYourself 14 күн бұрын

But these worms are soft worms! I also make little sleeping bags for them ; )

@miwakey6291 6 ай бұрын

Where is the lid?

@GIYGreenItYourself 6 ай бұрын

I just use old towels on top. The worms might even eat them if they get hungry!

@brandonhabenstein626 7 ай бұрын

Is there a buildup of worm castings and compost that you need to remove from the box periodically?

@GIYGreenItYourself 6 ай бұрын

Not as much as in a standalone worm farm as they spread the castings through the soil. Still enough to scatter around in potplants through

@EvaVanDeFolk 7 ай бұрын

I agree about filing the holes…protect your composting-best- friends and give them a safe house :) Hi Graham 😂

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely. It was a mistake I won't make again! Little wormies couldn't get through it.

@EvaVanDeFolk 7 ай бұрын

Awesome tip Thankyou!

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

No problem!

@jonjacob1962 7 ай бұрын

This is such a waste. The tape is supposed to go on the OUTSIDE of the window frame, so the whole window is covered. The gaps around the edges are where the air seeps through. Not the glass itself. I know you THINK you're turning it into a double pane window, but I promise, this is doing very little if ANYTHING to help keep the air in or out.

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

I think we use it a bit differently here in Australia. We don't have such extreme climate as in US/Canada so we draught-proof the windows and then use this to insulate the glass. Most of our windows are single glazing and double glazing is SUPER expensive. I can totally see your point though. I'm not using it as a draught-proof measure in this case but I reckon if I did it would make a huge difference. I'm just using it as an insulator. And this way I can still open the windows and do't have to take it off in Summer. One day I should try it inside AND out. Might be overkill but .. love an experiement

@jonjacob1962 7 ай бұрын

@@GIYGreenItYourself alright. Fair enough. When I said outside, I didn't mean on the outside of the house. I meant the outside of the window frame, but on the inside of the house. Where the trim is, we usually put it right on the edge of the trim, enclosing the entire window. But on the inside of the house. Ya know... I know I'm explaining it terribly. Sorry. But yeah, I do see your point. Also, sorry if my original comment seemed a little... rude... I really didn't mean for it to come off like that... Now that I'm re reading it. It really looks snappy. Sorry for that.

@GIYGreenItYourself 6 ай бұрын

No problem at all. Hard to get the vibe across in time new roman! Perhaps I'll try a window and then do the whole frame like you. Standby!

@jaw2112 7 ай бұрын

Ever had a snake enter your house? 👍🏻🇬🇧

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

Funnily enough, yes ... draughts and snakes under the door!

@jaw2112 7 ай бұрын

@@GIYGreenItYourself And that’s why I wouldn’t live in Oz even though the people and country are amazing

@jasminebambury5841 7 ай бұрын

Love this. Straight into the ground. Great video and garden☆♡

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. Glad you liked it.

@cecilsabourin9462 7 ай бұрын

Enjoyd you,re presentation and you,re Aussie accent , from up here in Canada ,cool . Being a guy , I,d need a few more measurments , ha . EG. -depth of rock , soil and such . Did ,very much ,enjoy the video,thanks .

@PeterDjordjevic-jo5fc 4 ай бұрын

Depths vary depending on personal needs.. i built a few of these for my sister and went roughly 1/2 of the total height in scoria or gravel...

@mayaschannel4232 8 ай бұрын

This is so helpful! And I love your hair!

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@horstgehann4659 8 ай бұрын

Very good and clear illustration of how the self-watering ones are built. Many thanks for that! I really like it and will build one myself. How long does one water filling last and how do you know when to fill water in?

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Depends on the weather , your level of mulch and what you're growing. I find in the heat and height of summer one filling a week is good when I've got a water-loving crop in (cucumber for example). I just look down the tube and see if I can see the water level. If it's half full it will still wick that water up into the soil. I generally fill it up once a week or when the water tank is full and we're about to get some rain!

@thearchibaldtuttle 8 ай бұрын

Clever use of the overflow to hold the inlet in place!

@bkme58 9 ай бұрын

how do you get rid of grubs & maggots

@GIYGreenItYourself 8 ай бұрын

for the maggots - don't feed the worms any protein or meat. And keep a lid on the wormfarm to stop them laying eggs in there. That should help. Good luck

@bkme58 8 ай бұрын

@@GIYGreenItYourself did all that. Still had really bad flies and maggots. Turned out I think I was feeding them too much

@amate4001 9 ай бұрын

Dieu vous bénisse

@hellogoogle1938 10 ай бұрын

Hi give tham that's big leaves

@mghh448 10 ай бұрын

I want worms for xmas

@mghh448 10 ай бұрын

How much would this cost to make?

@GIYGreenItYourself 8 ай бұрын

The biggest cost is the scoria stones. You can get lots of recycled/reclaimed bits to use but buying all the parts new it's about AUD$500 (Australian buckeroos!)

@sahajagundala4857 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video but can we do same way of sealing on carpets

@GIYGreenItYourself 7 ай бұрын

not really. often the gaps are caused by carpets being ripped up and skirting boards are a bit short! you could try 'gap filler rod'. I think I've done a video on that in the draught proofing section. But the carpet also goes a bit towards draught-proofing unless your feeling the breeze under it.

@sandig621 11 ай бұрын

Thankyou I’ll be making some of those.

@Rikki-lh2mw 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful sweet explanation 👌 Thanks for sharing with us 😊

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