…for the purposes of pest control! OK…so this flower did so much ‘bloom’ as was constructed and put into service to ward off unwanted birds. It seems like the tender delights of lettuce and broccoli seedlings, nestled in their little baskets in the NFT system, are all too tempting for some flying thief. We suspect … Continue reading
…getting greener by the day! A short post today…so many things are going on, and I have to catch my breath and take stock, so I hope to bring you some new ideas and topics in the coming days and weeks. Today I just wanted to share with you the growth in Bed 4 of … Continue reading
…don’t forget a lettuce has a heart! It’s been a busy day for me today, becoming familiar with a new campus where I will start studying next week. I was tempted to write about issues to do with sustainability, and indeed my first assignment topic—’wicked’ problems, but that will have to wait until I get … Continue reading
AKA Stage 2 of the aquaponics system I think if I stood in one place long enough, I would be picked up, modified and made into a useful piece of the aquaponics system. It has been a mere four weeks and the changes in the backyard are extraordinary, and on a daily basis I am … Continue reading
…and lessons shared Blogging has been a bit of a learning curve. It is easy, in the throes of enthusiasm, to just post pictures and text and not worry too much about stuff…until a good friend contacts you with some sound advice. So a big THANK YOU to Justin, web guy extraordinaire, for telling me … Continue reading
…OK, some people call them fruit… Today is Day 21 from planting the grow beds, and what changes there have been! We have seen good growth with everything pretty much, but especially with the tomatoes, the capsicums and the beans. All of these now have flowers, and fruit has set on the tomatoes and the … Continue reading
things are coming up corny! (Note: you may think these titles are a lot crazy…try living with this stuff inside your head 24/7!) The soil garden (AKA the primary veggie garden) is ticking away nicely. In our first year we didn’t get a lot out of it, but it was a time of experimentation and … Continue reading
…and hope for balance and harmony Everything seems to be going OK with the aquaponics system. I think we have hit the aphids on the head, although I do have a rather awesome batch of Tomato Nightshade Tea ready and waiting if new troops arrive (faint echoes of evil laughing…). We have been happily watching … Continue reading
…a very precious resource It’s Sunday and we are having a scorcher. It is 32˚C (which is just under 90˚F). Yes, we have had worse—it was in the 40s during the first week in January, which, in the old money, we would have called ‘over the ton’ and I thought I was going to become … Continue reading
…try not to panic! It’s another hot and humid morning here, and, over a second cup of tea (which most mornings makes me feel almost human) we have tested the chemical levels in the fish tanks, fed the fish, ogled at the fish, commented on the fish, visited with the Salmon Brothers (also fish) and … Continue reading
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