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Category: Aquaponics | Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:05 pm

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The location would be on the north east portion of my home and if it is not conducive I would have it moved to another location. I decided on this area because it would not be too hot on a real hot day and since I want to plant veggies like lettuce, romaines, leeks, strawberries ........... I guess the morning sun and the not too hot environment is preferred.


1st Location ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden )
The fish tank would be located where those old cooking pots are, I am using them to store earth and compost for potting. There is hardly any sunshine here so I do not have to deal with unwanted algae growth and I guess the fish will be more comfortable in cool environment.

The grow beds will be located under the windows where they will get the maximun amount of morning to noon sunshine. The plants that I have there now are scallion, sage, sleeping bay leaf and rosemary.

The set up have to be able to be moved if need be because the location might not be suitable and since this is my first time, I guess I had to go on with a comfortable size that I can handle. If all goes well, then there can always be the expansion program ☺

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Decisions, decisions, decisions.........

Category: Aquaponics | Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:02 pm

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Took a slow walk around my house today to decide where should I locate this aquaponics project. Never knew that it is so difficult to decide where would be a good spot.

My house is sitting on a almost rectangular piece of land facing south. The backyard is small after having the kitchen extended. From wall to fence is about 15feet and it gets sunshine almost the whole day. It would be great if I can make use of this space which is about 40 plus feet long but beyond the fence is a family of brainless, filthy, inconsiderate, @#$%&*$#@ thing. They use weed killers to kill the weeds along the fence with no consideration to the neighbours plants and had their dog jailed in a very small prison cell 24/7, not to mention their rubbish.....yucks!!!! So I guess the backyard is out of the question unless I want another unpleasant incident.

Looking from the front portion of the house, east is on the right and west on the left. The east side from the front side all along the front gate to the house is the drive way and thereafter is the car porch area which extend almost to the back of the house. Here I get about 3~4 hours of morning sunshine because of the close proximity of the neighbour on this side.

On the west side, the morning sun is shaded by my house and only the mid-day to evening sun is available here. Mid-day sun is scorching almost every sunny day and I used to have some potted plants there and they did not grow well due to the pots getting heated up. Hmmm.... if I can keep the temperature of the water in aquaponic cool maybe I can counter this problem.

The front yard, there is lots of space but lots of finance is required ..... sheds, plumbing and electrical wiring. Tough, tough, tough ..... need to decide soon so that I can get to the setup plans next.

The west side????????



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The Bug

Category: Aquaponics | Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:05 pm

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Ever since Masket introduced me to aquaponics, I had been doing lots of reading about this form of gardening. OK I guess I am in a way bittened by the aquaponics bug and the word aquaponics is sure to cross my mind at least acouple of time a day.

Now I am researching on the hardwares and softwares before I start on the plans. My guidelines are:
... minimal set up cost
... minimal operating cost
... maximum output
... 100% organic
... enviromental friendly

I have no experience at all in this area and I will appreciate all tips and guidance. I am keeping my fingers crossed that my first pilot setup will be operational by March this year.

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