R
Rob Avis
Designer
2
APPEARANCES
2
PODCASTS
012
DEC 30
JAN 6
JAN 13
JAN 20
JAN 27
FEB 3
FEB 10
FEB 17
FEB 24
MAR 3
MAR 10
MAR 17
MAR 24
MAR 31
APR 7
APR 14
APR 21
APR 28
MAY 5
MAY 12
MAY 19
MAY 26
JUN 2
JUN 9
JUN 16
JUN 23
JUN 30
JUL 7
JUL 14
JUL 21
JUL 28
AUG 4
AUG 11
AUG 18
AUG 25
SEP 1
SEP 8
SEP 15
SEP 22
SEP 29
OCT 6
OCT 13
OCT 20
OCT 27
NOV 3
NOV 10
NOV 17
NOV 24
DEC 1
DEC 8
DEC 15
DEC 22
DEC 29
JAN 5
JAN 12
JAN 19
JAN 26
FEB 2
FEB 9
FEB 16
FEB 23
MAR 2
MAR 9
MAR 16
MAR 23
MAR 30
APR 6
APR 13
APR 20
APR 27
MAY 4
MAY 11
MAY 18
MAY 25
JUN 1
JUN 8
JUN 15
JUN 22
JUN 29
JUL 6
JUL 13
JUL 20
JUL 27
AUG 3
AUG 10
AUG 17
AUG 24
AUG 31
SEP 7
SEP 14
SEP 21
SEP 28
OCT 5
OCT 12
OCT 19
Oct 15, 2026
Wicking Beds: Watering from the Bottom Up
15:34
15:46
15:54
S
15:24Steven BiggsHOST
We're not just taking straight garden soil and throwing that into the wicking bed, are we?

Rob AvisGUEST
So on an urban property... depending upon the age and when it was built and kind of what your local land use bylaw stipulates for builders will depend on what you're putting in there.

Rob AvisGUEST
And what I mean by that is like when somebody builds a tract house out here, at least in Calgary, It's different in Okotoks, interestingly enough.

Rob AvisGUEST
They'll actually strip the lot deeper, and then they bring back a foot of topsoil, which is really uncommon in urban development.
12 MINS LATER
He Quit Big Oil for His Passion Project - Now He's Taught 10,000 People to Regenerate Land | Rob Avis | Episode 67
14:55
15:06
15:22

Rob AvisGUEST
And, and so that, that is like, there's so much that we don't know as a species about this planet, about our ecosystems, about, um, about everything.

Rob AvisGUEST
Like science actually is not, it's, it's the art of, of, um, You never actually know anything through science.

Rob AvisGUEST
Not negative as in it's bad, but like we just kind of strip away the unknowns, but we never actually fully know.
15 MINS LATER
