Suddenly, everyone’s an expert on Aquaponic Gardening. My Twitter account was loaded this morning with ‘expert’ tweets about how to properly grow fish and vegetables together. Most of them were pointing to e-books, so were likely affiliates promoting a new info product. I have nothing against info products. I dabble in them myself. It’s also [...]
Posts Tagged ‘aquaponics garden’
Aquaponics: Just a Fad or the Future of Backyard Gardening?
Posted in Aquaponics, tagged aquaponics, aquaponics garden, earthbox, organic gardening, raised bed gardening, square foot gardening, tilapia on May 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Aquaponics Unsustainable Flaw
Posted in Aquaponics, tagged Aquaculture, aquaponics, aquaponics garden, sustainable farming, tilapia on April 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Aquaponic Gardening is the hottest thing since Justin Bieber. And for my money at least, is a whole lot cooler. Aquaponics is a symbiotic gardening method that uses a recirculating system to grow both fish and plants. The short version goes like this, as the fish breathe and poo, they create solid waste and put [...]
Aquaponics Gardens Getting Closer
Posted in Aquaponics, tagged aquaponics, aquaponics garden, Giant Redclaw Crayfish on November 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Here’s our first nursery tank filled and cycling. It’s a 55 gallon system. Ultimately it could support a great deal of veggies. For example, you could split a 55 gallon plastic barrel in half, create a grow bed in each half and this tank would feed it. That could produce a lot of food right [...]
Goldfish Garden Reboot
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics garden, cauliflower, goldfish, growing herbs on November 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had a few problems with my first two aquaponics gardens. Frankly I had better luck last summer when I was floating basil right in the goldfish tank similar to a floating raft tank. I liked that so much, I may do another one. Tonight, I took the earthbox off of the aquarium and set [...]
Goldfish Tower = Fail
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics, aquaponics garden, coconut coir, hydroponics, vegetable gardening on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After one day of cycling, it is obvious that the small pump/hydroton grow media combination will not work in this system. The clay pebbles are dry as a bone. I am going to take out about 75% of the pebbles. I will leave a layer in the bottom of each tray to assist drainage, but [...]
Coming in September – Aquaponics Garden
Posted in vegetable gardening, tagged aquaponics, aquaponics garden, tilapia on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The time for talking is over and the time for action has arrived. The month of September will see us install our first aquaponics garden. The first installment will be small, keeping about 30 tilapia and growing some late season greens and maybe an experiment with cabbage and herbs. This will be a recirculating floating [...]
