It's April 22nd today, and since 1970, this has officially been deemed Earth Day. One of the most powerful and responsive grassroots campaigns in history, Earth Day actually started as Earth Week which culminated in a big celebration on April 22nd. The event was...
Thanks and pebble happiness
Yesterday, I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Growing Edge, a massive resource about anything and everything to do with sustainable growing from aquaponics to backyard gardens, had mentioned our little aquaponics project on their blog. As if that wasn't...
Medium-sized aquaponics how to — The grow bed
Be sure to check out the first part of this aquaponics how to in case you missed it. So you've got your tools and materials together and you're ready to start building. Here's where I'd recommend getting out the sawhorses if you have any. Working on the ground sucks....
Medium-sized aquaponics how to — Preparation
A couple weekends ago, we decided it was time to start putting together our first aquaponics system. It's a 500L fish tank with 200L sump pump and a grow bed which is 120x180cm large (30cm deep). Our intent is to grow either catfish or tilapia in it and crawfish in...
Building our first Aquaponics system
Last weekend I had another one of those wild ideas that suddenly just manifests in your brain when you look at something. A little light goes off and you wonder why that thought never crossed your mind before. We get a lot of those around here. Pure moments of genius....
Come on spring!
It's hard to imagine that spring would suddenly be here in full force after such a long, cold winter, but we have had some absolutely incredible weather the last couple weeks. Highs in the 60's (15-18°F) and plenty of sunshine. So I decided to get outside and slowly...
What are those nastly little black things?
I went out into the garden two days ago and wanted to take some photos of the garden to show you how sad it looked. As you've probably noticed, I still have not shared those photos because it's even sadder than I thought. Our raspberry trellis fell over in a big storm...
Revising our plans for 2010
The weather here is still yo-yoing between winter and spring...but I have little doubt that we will turn around twice and spring will be passing us by, with summer setting in strongly. Which makes me turn to thoughts about our garden, our hopes of growing all our own...
Book review: The Backyard Homestead
When Sue M, a fellow old German timber-frame homeowner, suggested I pick up a copy of The Backyard Homestead (available at Amazon.com and Amazon.de) (edited by Carleen Madigan and published by Storey Publishing, LLC), I quickly hopped on over to Amazon and placed my...
{Garden Life} The Organic Gardeners Handbook
Have you ever awakened one morning to find your plants covered in strange little black bumps? Or sprayed the aphids from your plants for the 100th time but still don't seem to ever successfully be rid of them? Would you like to know how to once and for all deal with...
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