We planted our first crops today. Beans, Brocoli, lettuce, tomatoes, silverbeet, chard and heaps of other stuff I can't remember.
We also planted out our aquaponics grow bed so we'll be able to see a clear comparison, assuming the aquaponics system is cycling.
Will post photo's soon.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Aquaponics
Been a while, but I just wanted to mention that we have got some new 'pets'for our aquaponics project. We took delivery of 25 trout which are settling into our 1000 litre tank quite nicely.They are fingerlings, which means that they are about a finger long. I think we've done ok because these guys are pretty big for a finger!
The down side is that they are sharing our tank with about 30 silver perch which are significantly smaller. A good size snack for the trout.
Which gets me thinking; I better not use the term 'pet', the next thing I'll know is the kids will want to name them. I'm thinking "Breakfast", "lunch", ...
The down side is that they are sharing our tank with about 30 silver perch which are significantly smaller. A good size snack for the trout.
Which gets me thinking; I better not use the term 'pet', the next thing I'll know is the kids will want to name them. I'm thinking "Breakfast", "lunch", ...
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