Great to see more native plants going in on private property. I wish every single property would fill themselves up with native plants and leave gaps under fences for blue tongue lizards! A shame about adding pollution to the soil with weed mat and pipes. Would you say that long term debris breaks down and the weed mat becomes a waste of time and that roots invade ag pipe which then gets blocked? What do you think about avoiding plastics added to set a more environmental example? Cheers
As he said, it can be as haphazard as you want, literally. It is equally as effective to have ditches and channels as long as they still are able to divert the flow of rain water. You may need to use other things like wire meshing to keep your channels from eroding but at least no plastic pipes. You could also use some meshing instead of weed mat but I’m unsure of how effective that would really be. I suppose it depends on how fine the meshing is.
Hi Melanie, In a garden context Geo-fab is referring to Geotextile Fabric. These are manufactured, synthetic fabrics are commonly used in wicking beds, plumbing and engineered drainage projects. Cheers.
A rain garden is NOT a good way to manage a boggy area or poor drainage. What are you thinking? It is designed to infiltrate water which is why a percolation test is recommended and is discouraged if drainage is poor. You have this backwards.
Would love a follow-up video to this, once established and after good rain
We'll keep this in mind, thanks for the feedback!
"that's what sons are for" LOL!
I really need to do some of this hard work on the property. Thank you for sharing the tips and experience.
I live in a swampy area and this will work perfectly cheers 👍
Well done and smart too. Thank you for sharing blessings to you and your family 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much
Super useful video . Thank you
Thanks for watching!
That was lovely thank you 😊
You’re welcome 😊
Can we have a follow up video please. 🙂
Great to see more native plants going in on private property. I wish every single property would fill themselves up with native plants and leave gaps under fences for blue tongue lizards! A shame about adding pollution to the soil with weed mat and pipes. Would you say that long term debris breaks down and the weed mat becomes a waste of time and that roots invade ag pipe which then gets blocked? What do you think about avoiding plastics added to set a more environmental example? Cheers
As he said, it can be as haphazard as you want, literally. It is equally as effective to have ditches and channels as long as they still are able to divert the flow of rain water. You may need to use other things like wire meshing to keep your channels from eroding but at least no plastic pipes. You could also use some meshing instead of weed mat but I’m unsure of how effective that would really be. I suppose it depends on how fine the meshing is.
1:44 maxmoefoe looks different
Did this work out? I want to do this to a puddle area in my yard but some people warn against it
What are they warning?
@@erickr.8977 If you do it wrong you make it worse
What is gio fab please?
Geo-textile fabric
Hi Melanie, In a garden context Geo-fab is referring to Geotextile Fabric. These are manufactured, synthetic fabrics are commonly used in wicking beds, plumbing and engineered drainage projects. Cheers.
@@GardeningAustralia thankyou.🙂
A rain garden is NOT a good way to manage a boggy area or poor drainage. What are you thinking? It is designed to infiltrate water which is why a percolation test is recommended and is discouraged if drainage is poor. You have this backwards.
Yeah weird- my rain garden will fill up and drain out within an hr or 2. The base substate is mostly sand
a racky patch of ugly weedy plants ... might pass
Not necessarily. Your native regional plants can be quite beautiful.