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Green Phoenix Farms
Adam Cohen put together an information session and demonstration of aquaponics to a group of about 20 people this afternoon. He gave us lots of great info about planning and starting a system, then we got to tour his setup … Continue reading
Garden Update – March 14, 2011
Lettuce and Spinach sprouts are coming up from seed that I just scattered on the gravel growbed. I figure about half of the seed turned into seedlings. This is the easiest planting I’ve ever done! Zero digging, zero watering, just … Continue reading
Garden Update – March 8, 2011
I went to North Haven Gardens today to use my $15 gift certificate, and couldn’t pass up some of the things they had. One of the ladies there encouraged me to put tomato plants out in the soil already! I … Continue reading
North Haven Gardens Winner
I don’t exactly know how this happened, but I recently found the NHG facebook page, and saw other people posting pictures of their gardens on there, so I did the same thing. Evidently, doing so entered me in to some … Continue reading
Soil Cube Winner
I just received word that I am the winner of a free soil cube tool. I’ve been hearing about this tool from multiple sources, and of course I’ve wanted to try it out to see how it works. The contest … Continue reading
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Composting Worms
Heather Rinaldi, owner of the Texas Worm Ranch (www.txwormranch.com), taught a great interactive vermicomposting class this past weekend. The event was hosted by the Dallas Backyard Vegetable Gardeners, which I’ve already learned a lot from. Heather has been an organic … Continue reading
Garden Update – March 1, 2011
I transplanted my 16 tomato seedlings into bigger pots (free pots made from newspaper) They are all doing very well, some of them are a little bigger than others. It looked like some of them were being shaded by nearby … Continue reading
Finishing up the Aquaponics Install
I love drilling holes in nice things. This was my first time to use an abrasive hole saw, and it was an impressive experience, went right through the brick and mortar wall. I installed a large waterproof junction box with some cable … Continue reading
First Seedlings Planted
I spent $5 at Home depot on 12 seedlings this afternoon. (4 broccoli and 8 lettuce) I planted half of them in the aquaponics growbed and the other half a raised bed. I added some seaweed based liquid fertilizer to … Continue reading
Aquaponics Drain Version 2
I made lots of progress on the aquaponics system today. I found some native gravel that I think will work OK. It has lots of different shapes, some smooth, some rough, and in general the size is between 1/2″ and … Continue reading
