DIY Grey Water Wetland: How to build a permaculture inspired, drought tolerant, kitchen water filtering, raised bed vegetable garden and wetland.

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About DIY Grey Water Wetland: How To Build A Permaculture

A useful practical DIY guideThis book guides the reader in building a raised grey water wicking bed to serve as a beautiful food producing mini wetland and bio filter. There is a detailed description of the building methods. A plus for the household, the garden and environment. Anyone with a small budget can build it.The manual will equip the reader to:Build the system themselves at low cost, with tips on using recycled and free available materials, and an extensive description of the building process.Design for easy maintenance. In our experience the system looks after itself and maintenance is about an hour's work a month. My mistakes and suggestions should help to further fine tune the design for low maintenance.Build a drought resistant garden, grow food and save soil. Grey water recycling is integral to increasing one's water resources in a dry climate, but can contaminate soil. A system like this keeps soil healthy and this conserves water. The wetland can also help solve garden irrigation problems in drought by growing water and nutrient hungry vegetables and berries in its raised beds.Benefits of this grey water system: Cleans grey water naturally. Earth worms, biofiltration and plants work to clean dirty kitchen waste water. These organisms all flourish by absorbing the excess nutrients, and release cleaner water back to the garden. Recycles grey water nutrients. All the nutrients that flow out of the kitchen in used dish water will no longer go to waste. Adds value to grey water by growing food. Instead of flushing down the drain, the kitchen sink water can feed food plants in its raised beds.Saves on irrigation and labor. Garden irrigation can be a chore in the heat of summer. Without carrying buckets or installing expensive irrigation, water hungry food plants can have optimal water supply on demand, when their roots reach the deep layers of the beds in the grey water system. S