I had a ton of posts planned for the last two weeks, but after our oven broke and we didn’t get the garden tilled when I expected, things had to be put on hold. The new oven is here and our garden is well on its way, so today I am going to post a video on how we put together our aquaponics system because I have had lots of people asking how we did it. I believe that the only thing that I have missed in the video that I wanted to mention is that we do not...
Before you start your aquaponic garden, it is best to understand completely what it is, and why it works. This way, you might save yourself some time and money and avoid some of the mistakes that we have made already. First off, what is aquaponics? Aquaponics is similar to hydroponics. In fact, aquaponics IS hydroponics, with the addition of aquaculture (fish farming). Hydroponics is the farming of plants using no soil, but instead, supplying the nutrients that your plants need through water. Aquaponics is the same as hydroponics, except that you are integrating the farming of fish into the...
Here are some of the first things that you need to know about aquaponic gardening and your fish
Our mint is starting to take over our little kitchen window sill garden and it is time to start trimming it back. We will try to propagate more from the clippings.
UPDATE: It has been 36 hours since we first planted two types of lettuce seeds and approximately 24 hours since we planted the one type of lettuce and the spinach seeds. All 3 different types of lettuce have already busted through the seeds and are about to pop out of the rockwool! The packages (that are based on dirt growing) said that the seeds should germinate in 8 to 11 days, so we are way ahead of schedule for the sprouts already! It has been a couple of days since I have been able to post because we have...
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