Kids....

My... My... Life has been busy here at the ole homestead! My oldest child was home for the weekend -- house hunting. I think (I hope really) she finally gonna move near me. I am really excited at the prospect! My youngest will be home in about 2 weeks from boot camp! It has been a long 3+ months w/o him. The middle child is finishing up this semester at grad school and is excited about his trip to Mexico this summer.

As for the aquaponics.... still making some adjustments and waiting for the water to cycle and be ready to plant the grow beds.

I am finally going to get my baby chicks on Monday! It really is beginning to feel like a homestead.

Keep it green! Keep it real!

The Cycling has begun!

The "Greenhouse"

Operation "Aquaponics" Start up

Overview

4 growing beds

1 fish tank

1 pump

connected overflow w/separate drain

siphon drain system

pump runs at about 2 gpm to fill the 4 grow beds

when the water reaches proper level,

siphon kicks in and drains the grow beds

fish tank stocked with about 8-10 little fishes from the lake behind our house

According to my local techno-geek and spreadsheet generator,

the nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, etc, etc, etc levels will become aligned

in such a way that low and behold--- ta da! -- we can grow little veggies

and little fishes and have a real live aquaponics system that will actually

feed us! I am really excited!

Do you want to start your own aquaponics system?

A big help to us was

Backyard Aquaponics

&

Barrelponics group at yahoo

Have a great DAY!

Chris

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Wow! Looks like loads of fun! We are not (yet) planning on new veggies, but a new way of growing. We are in the process of setting up an aquaponics system! We will be posting pictures and progress reports as we go. Finally, it is all plumbed. We have fish in the tank and we are cycling the water. Will be time to plant soon!

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