Fishes Be Crazy

Got my fishes yesterday.  I called Liley Fisheries earlier in the week to see if I could come pick up some trout and we decided on Thursday morning for pickup.  Originally, I thought I would get fingerlings (very small fish), but the smallest they had were 4-6 inch fish, which makes sense since the fingerlings they had earlier in the summer would have grown.  Anyway, this changed my original idea that I could pick up the fish in a big bag inside a box.  The man I spoke with (K.C.) told me I would need about a 30-gallon container and that I would need to have a way to aerate...

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Methods

As I browse the net I often find interesting techniques.  Fukuoka, Bokashi, and Hugelkultur are three that Ive recently become interested in and wish to try in my backyardThis post only serves as a collection of sites and descriptions Id like to bookmark and share with you.This first method is my favorite.  The video is 2 hours long.  I enjoyed the entire presentation, but it gets a bit repetitive after the first hour.    Back To Eden http://vimeo.com/provisionsproductions/backtoeden.Basically the Back to Eden copies the nature of a wooded forest to bring dirt...

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Aquaponics

Aquaponics : system is built between two ways ... (The first)  .Hydroponics ... (second) growing fish in intensive culture ... These two systems are integrated to form the system outputs contain inputs for the last .... Plants use water resulting from the raising fish loaded with fish remnants of ammonia and solid waste and the second carbon  dioxide.... Where the use of plants to feed on the ammonia and carbon dioxide directly from the rootsSpecial technological way. in the same time, filtered water and is given oxygen increase .. to come back and clean to the fish with all Oxygen...

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Fishy mis Adventures Part I The Feast

WARNING - some of this might be a little graphic for the PETA set.  Or for squeamish people (like me) who prefer to buy their meat already dead and wrapped in cellophane.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------After watching what appeared to be a few rather large fish swimming around in the tank for the past couple of months, we decided to take a few out for dinner.  The water is still too dark to see the fish very well, so we werent sure if they were really that big, or if it was a trick of the light, but what...

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Wicked Beds

A look at the construction of my Earthan Beds. Previously these beds were Wicking Beds with sand in the bottom, but now I want to be able to let aquaponic water flow freely through the beds so Ive replaced the sand with rocks. The soil I place back into the Earthan Beds is a mix of sand, compost, pumice, and garden soil, amended with Azomite. Pumice is not required, but it provides plenty of surface area for bacteria while making the soil light and airy. When I first started to use my wicking beds I noticed the smell of anaerobic bacteria. By allowing some water to flow out of the overflow tube...

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We are working to complete the first grow bed

 Now We have some    works.....i am fell by tired but i go to working to complete the first grow bed....And At morning i go to finish the end touch ...If you feel with healing illness ... Thank God for everything.....

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Good bye to winter

What do brownies, garlic, and heart-shaped dog biscuits have in common?They were all found at the last-of-the-season Bozeman Winter Farmers Market today.Wrapped in the invigorating aroma of fresh-roasted coffee from Little Red Wagon and surrounded by live music from a solo guitarist, about 20 vendors displayed wares that included bright spring greens, goat cheese, jams and jellies, hand-knit socks, soap, and, well, a whole lot more.I didnt go as an investigative reporter, I just wanted to meet everyone and see what the last market of winter looked like.As usual, I found people excited about their...

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How to adjust pH in aquaponics systems

Here is a great video on how to adjust your aquaponic system naturally. I have been scared of the ph, this makes it easy to understand and can be done naturally without chemicals.Please watch this video and go over to Grow Dinner Aquaponics channel and subscribe to his channel.&nb...

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Fungal Diseases

Green house pest management can be an overwhelming problem; especially in an aquaponic system.  I posted this in my other blog Chicoaquaponic.blogspot.com.  But these fungi are not limited to soil less gardens or greenhouses. 5427594Id like to thank Forestry Images for thier wonderfully helpful site.With great photos to help identify various problems,  microscopic slides and petri dish samples they have made identification much simpler. Pythium diseases brown spot Phytophthora blight Fusarium wilt blue mold   powdery mildew leaf scorch sour rot white ear rot and...

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Another delicious bazaar

Every year I look forward to the popular Big Timber Womens Club bazaar, which takes place on the first Saturday in November.Vendors are smiling, customers are smiling, and everyone is just, well, happy.Of course there are lots of artisan things to buy like handmade dolls clothes (how about a kimono for your Barbie?), wooden cutting boards, and Christmas trees formed from barbed wire. But for me, its the food.Downstairs at the Legion you can buy homemade pie or a light lunch, which are fund-raisers for the Womens Club and St. Josephs Church.Jolie and her mom and grandmother (three generations of...

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