Friday's Aquaponics

[...] here): And now for the fun/work stuff... It's definitely time to expand.  The tomato plants are too close together and are blocking the sun from the other half of the growbed.& [...]

[...] . But meanwhile, I got one set completely built and hooked up.  And I've transfered 4 tomato plants into it.  And finally separated all the new little seedings into their own homes in the [...]

[...] all those radishes, I now had room for dill: In the constant-flow bed where I removed the two tomato plants, I planted 3 types of basil.  Sweet, lemon, and anise: And behind them I put a golden [...]

[...] pickles (a big hit!), got the cattle trough up onto cinderblocks, and removed the cucumber and tomato plants entirely.  I simply couldn't deal with having cucumber vines all over the ground and [...]

[...] what they're supposed to look like at this stage except that they seem healthy and happy. The cucumber vine is getting pretty tall. I had intended to run it up the center stake, but fiance didn't [...]

[...] so happy and healthy. Cabbage is starting to get eaten by bugs, but is otherwise growing well. Cucumber vine has grown all the way to the top of the stake and I don't know what it's going to do next.& [...]

[...] ripe or nearly ripe.  Here's just one small view of the most obvious ones.  (And the cucumber vine winding its way through.) And the fish... they're eating about a cup of food a day.  I [...]

[...] is doing his job so it isn't as urgent anyway.  But here's the basics of it done: The cucumber vine grew all the way to the top of the tomatoes, and then down on all sides.  Here's a few [...]

[...] out of the greenhouse. The armenian cucumber is growing up its stake.  The seedlings (brussels sprouts, leeks, radishes, carrots, arugula, savoy cabbage, red romaine, green bibb, beets... did I [...]

[...] use the trellis  Itty bitty cucumbers Lettuce (with another cucumber plant behind them) Brussels sprouts Since we had to drain a lot of the water, it seemed like a good time to also shut off the [...]

[...] I'm feeding some to the fish to try to stay ahead of it. Bell peppers are ripening.  Brussels sprouts are huge leafy plants, but don't seem to be putting out their mini-cabbages yet.  We [...]

[...] is a ways from harvest.  Cress and Arugula are growing slowly but look healthy.  Brussels sprouts are growing a lot but I don't really know what they're supposed to look like at this stage [...]

[...] radish, carrots (small golf-ball size and shape), green onion, red romaine, arugula, cress, savoy cabbage: On the other side I've added leeks and brussels sprouts.  Also some June-harvest [...]

[...] up its stake.  The seedlings (brussels sprouts, leeks, radishes, carrots, arugula, savoy cabbage, red romaine, green bibb, beets... did I miss anyone?) are all recovering from their water [...]

[...] while.  Fiance has promised to ask SIL about best ways to freeze/can/something tomatoes. Savoy cabbage grows so quickly it doesn't even look like the same plant from one week to the next.  [...]

[...] shock.  In fact, it's escaped its cage so I'll truss it back up this weekend. The savoy cabbage is big and has lovely dark green leaves, but hasn't produced anything that even looks like it [...]

[...] amidst the benign neglect: Fiance's purple peppers The last of the roma tomatoes An armenian cucumber, finally! Some beautiful golden bell peppers An overview of the jungle (I mean "garden& [...]

[...] they're ripe enough.  LOL.  I have yet to get one out of the greenhouse. The armenian cucumber is growing up its stake.  The seedlings (brussels sprouts, leeks, radishes, carrots, [...]

[...] feeding the fish and enjoying the peaceful sound of water falling. And now, on to the pics! Armenian cucumber hiding:  A batch of cucumber found:  One that I evidently failed to find for WAY [...]

[...] cucumber we picked yesterday, and it has a few more fruit growing.  I don't think the armenian cucumber is going to produce this year. Lettuce is totally insane, and I'm feeding some to the fish [...]

[...] bed with plants?  Well evidently one fell into a crack in the cement, because we have a tomato plant there now, complete with tomatoes! We also bought some plants at the nursery today, just to [...]

[...] bought a few weeks ago are really happy!  Here's last week: And here's this week: And the tomato plant next to it has recovered (finally!) from transplant shock.  In fact, it's escaped its [...]

[...] left is the happy basil, and to their right are one of the many clusters of flowers from a tomato plant that thinks it's going to take over the city. Clusters of cherry tomatoes that will, no doubt, [...]

[...] too expensive to run... when it was running.  Part of the problem was that I had it in the sump tank.  My idea was to keep it well away from the fish until I built a baffle around it to [...]

[...] don't worry, you didn't really miss anything. We did eat the tilapia a few nights later.  Plus fiance bought some more tilapia filets at the store.  We could both tell the difference without [...]

[...] each week for a while.  Fiance has promised to ask SIL about best ways to freeze/can/something tomatoes. Savoy cabbage grows so quickly it doesn't even look like the same plant from one week [...]

[...] . And we've decided we need to buckle down and start pulling fish out. Here's the seriously leggy cilantro (I cut the top foot of stalks off and put them in a flower vase in the kitchen to be easy [...]