So the last weekend was filled with action as i noticed the solidwaste in my 500 liter system is creating a problem. This system now has around 48 tilapias and some of them have become bigger than the others. So i decided to move 10 of the big ones to my second system. Catching them in the small fishing net was a little tricky, since the fish had become bigger then the net i had with me....
Sabtu, 30 April 2016
When Katies out of town, as was the case this last week, the kitchen experiments around here tend to get a little more curious. In particular, the opportunity exists to use up things from the freezer that arent allowed in the kitchen at the same time as Katie. Not that shes particularly picky, but its been a busy week nonetheless.First,...
We ran out of store-bought salt the other day, right before we were about to do some baking. We had some big salt rocks in one of those hand grinder things (like the kind that the waiters use to grind pepper onto your salad at fancy restaurants like Olive Garden), but when were baking and we want a teaspoon of salt, its hard to tell how much...
Jumat, 29 April 2016
If you are just getting started with aquaponics, you are probably reading all you can about the miracle of the bell siphon.Well, they arent miracles they are physical science in action and while they do fall in the nifty, keen-o, fine-o category we have found several problems with them.Add one more to that category.........root intrusion from the grow bed!We recently stepped out of town for a little...
Holy smokes, its Easter time! (or at least, it was last weekend.) That means that its time to celebrate with that age-old treasure of the Waldo, WI Methodists: ham strata. We eat seasonal stratas (whats the plural of strata?) at different times of the year, and are currently embarking on a journey to perfect one strata recipe per month. ...
Peace Lutheran Church was presented the Haaland Award for Advocacy at the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM,... https://t.co/WRdRjIpf3a— PeaceLutheranLC (@plc_lc) February 6, 2016 Picture (left to right): Rev. Ron Brooker (retired pastor, member of Peace Lutheran Church, and member of the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM policy committee), the Rev. Jared...
Here are a few pics for the green house I now have a 650 litres aquaponics system which is doing well powered by over 100 fish. This system is been around for over a year and half now, during which time there was a lot of refining done to get the water flow work properly.Recently I have added the vertical system to this which will be activated...
Although it may seem hopelessly distant, the dream of peace pulses in the lives of people everywhere. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonEach year the United Nations and member nations observe International Day of Peace on the 21st of September. The theme of this year’s commemoration is “Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All” which aims to highlight...
A couple months ago, we noted that our soil had non-alarming levels of all the heavy metals tested for, except selenium. The selenium level was 40x higher than background for our area, and possibly in the range that we would want to do something about it. So we did some more digging (ha!) to verify if we did indeed have such high levels...
Day to day handling of fish and plants in the aquaponic systemIntroductionThis experiment focuses on the day to day handling of fish and plants in your already established aquaponic system (please carry out experiments 1-3 of this teaching unit first). It gives you useful hints about monitoring the plants, the fish and the system as a whole. Learning...
Kamis, 28 April 2016
On Monday, March 7, Bread for the World celebrated a successful #BreadRising capital campaign with a dinner featuring powerful reflections by Rev. Carlos Malavé (Christian Churches Together), Gayle Smith (U.S. Agency for International Development), Kelvin Beachum (professional football player and anti-hunger activist) and Rev. David Beckmann (Bread for the World). Talented musician Joy Ike also...
On Sunday, we put our fall batch of chickens in the freezer, and now that weve had a chance to crunch the numbers and see how we came out in terms of yields and costs, we wanted to get the data out there for peer review. First, a few general comments. It was definitely worth it, for the meat, the experience, and the fertilizer that will...
Photo: Twin Cities Bread teamYear after year, the leadership team in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has put together great Offering of Letters workshops, maintained a website focused on the years letter-writing campaign and provided resources for churches in the area to organize their letter-writing Sundays (or weekends).Here is the example that the...
By Karen NavarroEvery year at this time, Albuquerqueans call up social service agencies asking where they can serve Thanksgiving dinner, a way to give back to those who are less fortunate materially than they are. They may want to involve the whole family.The truth is, the places that serve Thanksgiving dinner do not have to look for volunteers to...
Were in the midst of a winter that isnt overly harsh, but that is following what apparently was an epically bad summer for honey production. As a result, our bees went into the winter with less than one deep hive box, and were starting to look pretty hungry last weekend (judging by the weight of the hive). We figured it was probably time...
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