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June 2009 I love looking back on some of the old photos when things are looking a bit lacking after the cold season sets in. However, that summer I probably had way too many tomato plants in and it didn’t leave much room for other things. . . . → Read More: Summer Before last I’ve had a few people comment that one should not use seaweed extract in aquaponics systems because it would cause salt to build up and even heard it suggested that the occasional use of salt is defeating to the aquaponics. I can understand some portions of the arguments but I have never seen an issue . . . → Read More: To Seaweed or not to Seaweed I recently read a post some where that was criticizing how advice in a public forum might get taken as gospel and run people into aquaponics disaster. I can understand where this might come into play when one skim reads without doing much of the introductory reading and picking bits of knowledge from here and . . . → Read More: Understanding the Details Well, I knew I couldn’t keep it up forever. Was way too tired last night to write anything and I’m not doing too much better today. I’m traveling and I don’t have the near to hand inspiration of the aquaponics garden with me. I miss eating our fresh salads, eggs and fish. So, here is . . . → Read More: Missed a daily post Cold morning Dec 6 2009 Here is a picture from last winter inside the greenhouse. It was cold out early in the season last winter but things were still moderate enough inside the greenhouse to keep the tropical plants alive at least early in the season. This winter is different with no protection . . . → Read More: Picture from last winter Hi folks, some might notice that my blog is largely about aquaponics, fish, plants, gardening and many things that go along with those. Things sustainable often also catch my attention. However, exuberant praise without any on topic comments about my blog articles won’t cause me to approve the comment for public view. I’m far more . . . → Read More: On topic comments heavy rain Something that crops up occasionally in aquaponics or hydroponics is what happens with an outdoor or greenhouse sump tank that is sunk into the ground. See if the water level in a barrel or other light weight tank that is sunk into the ground gets really low while there is a . . . → Read More: Heavy Rain I mentioned having to take down my greenhouse this past spring, well I also had to take down the cover over my outdoor kitchen space too. Outdoor kitchen frame It was the whole permit thing. I miss the cover over the kitchen area since it meant I could do canning and juicing even . . . → Read More: Outdoor Kitchen New tiny fish Our year three initial order of fish. Tiny Channel Catfish fingerlings. Sometimes when you go to get fish, your only choice might be to get what they have on hand or get nothing at all. So at that time we picked up what was supposed to be 100 3-5 inch . . . → Read More: New Catfish Dec 24, 2009 Greenhouse Tied together Come the second winter (we are now into the third winter of my aquaponics experience) I extended the greenhouse a bit and tied the tunnel over the monster bed in with the main greenhouse. Then I added some rain water collection and a hard roof section between the existing greenhouse . . . → Read More: Greenhouse improvements second winter |
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