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02 Mar 2012Container/Porch garden and Aquaponics garden
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Snow 13°C / 55°F
Last year was a learning experience for sure. I lost all my plants, got frustrated and gave up. A year later, I now understand what the problems were.
1) Inadequate lighting. My little seedlings I had in the Burpee system had NO light above them – I was relying on natural lighting. Unfortun...
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22 Mar 2011
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Aquaponics Pods are almost done!
We are almost done setting up all the aquaponics pods! Yay! We got another stand built today and we’ll do the other one tomorrow, so all four will be ready to prep either tomorrow or Thursday. We also got all of the reflective insulation hung on the walls. We still need to hang the other li...Sunny 23°C / 73°F -
20 Mar 2011
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First Aquaponic pod is up and running!
Sunny 29°C / 85°FToday we finished getting the first of the aquaponic pods set up! WooHoo! We still have to add the catfish (have to get them first) to the bottom tank and then start transplanting plants into the top. There will be four grow beds in all and we are thinking of just doing two water reservoirs. It s...
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18 Mar 2011
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Day 6 - Jack and the beanstalk
I can’t BELIEVE how fast the green beans are growing! They grew a couple inches in just one day and two of them are already taller than the chopsticks I put in just yesterday. The lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes are growing like crazy as well. So we’re off to a great start!Sunny 14°C / 57°F -
18 Mar 2011
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Day 5 - Seeds Seeds Everywhere!
Sunny 26°C / 79°FFirst of all, I am SO GLAD I found this site! It’s exactly what I was looking for!! I just signed up today and already made a contribution because this site is so awesome. :) About two weeks ago, hubby and I were at WalMart and decided to plant a few veggies this year. By that night, we had...
