Bek Stiegler went pretty much went from the average consumer (supermarket shopping, buying stuff she didn’t need, buying the cheapest and not caring where it came from etc) to growing pretty much all her own food (except meat and dairy), reusing and recycling, and being an extremely conscious consumer. She lives in Melbourne on a 750m² suburban block.
She writes about her own sustainable living journey over at Bek’s Backyard, a popular gardening and lifestyle blog.
Bek Stiegler
During the show we talk about how she went from a barren backyard to building a fruitful and abundant suburban food farm! She loves fruit trees and eating fruit that is in season. If there is a glut she preserves via dehydration or water bath.
Her passion and enthusiasm about growing her own food is clearly evident as you listen to the episode. Please thank Bek for sharing her story and journey with us all.
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Really enjoyed that podcast with Bek, Gav, as I’m a great fan of her blog. And do you know, that’s the first of your podcasts I’ve actually been able to listen to, because for some reason they won’t play on my laptop, but I tried my newly-bought iPad and it worked! So I have a lot of back-listening to do!
That’s fantastic Bev. Only 114 to go!
Really enjoyed this. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Bek’s garden IRL and it’s fantastic.
Hey Gav, I know you’ve mentioned a few times you should get another Aerobin 400. Here’s a link for a place selling it for $310 (plus delivery). http://www.eternalsource.com.au/compost-bins-and-organic-gardening-products it’s where I got mine (inspired by yourself!!). Cheers, Kimberley
Hi Gav,
what a delightful and inspiring interview. I laughed out loud when Bek said how many tomato varieties she was growing, she has enthusiasm to burn!
I’m inspired to find out more about wicking beds now. I am wondering if there’s a way to do it without buying plastic as I imagine before plastic was around maybe people just managed? I think at spurtopia blog they’ve talked about making styrofoam boxes into wicking beds, but again, I’d rather avoid the styrofoam (although better to repurpose it in the garden than toss it in the landfill.)
One of my garden beds is an old bathtub, and to avoid getting the plants waterlogged I put old wire mesh and gravel in the bottom – I’m wondering could I develop a wicking bed from that?
Thanks for mentioning looking back at what you started with – it’s too easy to have a constant list of what we should do/want to do, and feel like it’s never enough.
Madeleine.x