Orlando Home Grown Co-op

I’m happy to announce that I’m now selling through the Orlando Home Grown Co-op. At the moment I only have Lufa sponges available to sell but as the season cools off this fall I hope to provide more and set up a display aquaponics system in the Market and provide towers to the market for . . . → Read More: Orlando Home Grown Co-op

Aquaponics Association Conference 2011

I will be one of the classroom speakers for the Aquaponics Association Conference in Orlando, Florida, September 2011. I will be teaching about basic plumbing and teaching tips for plumbing a mixed type aquaponics system together in case you are thinking of mixing media beds, rafts or NFT all into one system, I . . . → Read More: Aquaponics Association Conference 2011

The Joy of Being Green

No I don’t mean being green like saving the planet. I simply mean a pH test being in the green. Now this is the API freshwater master test kit pH test that measures from 6.0-7.6 where yellow would be dangerously low (not because 6 is too low but because you can’t tell if it might . . . → Read More: The Joy of Being Green

I’ve harvested Lufa Sponges

Lufa Sponges

I had been searching for good summer crops for our hot humid long Florida summers. Well, Lufa is turning into a bumper crop.

Lufa is a relative of Squash, Zucchini, cucumbers and gourds. The vines, flowers, leaves and fruit look a lot like cucumbers on steroids. The small immature fruits are . . . → Read More: I’ve harvested Lufa Sponges