Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

you'd be amazed at what stainless steel equipment one can buy from bankrupt horeca businesses for next to nothing
and some AP equipment too

here in Belgium we have two online auctioneers, where you can follow the bidding:
http://www.heyman.be
some examples:
item 363
stainless steel extraction hood 195 x 95 x 54 cm with extractor at 75 €
item 362
cooled stainless steel work table and cabinet 161 x 81 x 85 cm with extractor at 75 €

and
http://www.jorisco.be
http://www.jorisco.be/auction/auction/l ... &lid=33805
2 pcs 40 ft containers + 12 IBC containers + lots of other stuff now at 105 €

look for online auctions

frank

Even in a hot climate the sun still moves through the sky (well, the earth still turns away). My climate is 32c to 42c in the summer.



Oh that would no be good for us [/quote]



Very cool. I like bamboo. From what I understand it can last a long time.

We had a neighbor down the road show us her outdoor shower. Really cool. Hers was set up as a small deck (a square perhaps 14 or 16 foot per side) with benches around it. Posts holding up some corrugated galvanized half walls (like from knee high up to shoulder high) around the edge and an arbor over the top that supports the big shower head.

She said they never use the inside shower anymore. For mine, I'll probably want to use some different surface for the floor as the wood decking looked like it might provide too many splinters but I don't know what I'd want to use yet. Perhaps If I plant some papaya trees around it, I could use them to support a curtain until I can afford something for the "walls". Biggest challenge will be getting hot water out to it. Or perhaps I can figure out a handy little thermosiphon heater.

What about river stones? The type with a coarse surface, so they didn't get covered in algae and become slipperly. Something like these pics.




Why not build a solar heater using a blue barrel? The simplest way is to build a mini greenhouse around the barrel. There are plenty of plans on the net.

This is nice, I'm sure the snakes would agree




Very cool. I like bamboo. From what I understand it can last a long time.[/quote]

Untreated bamboo won't last long, especially if exposed. However it can be treated with safe borax based preservatives and then you can build interesting stuff like this.

Plans to build this 'hooch' are available on the internet for $50, I'm thinking about buying them.

All looks so cool. I'm sure my set up will be quite a bit more humble.

I've got really tender feet so I will probably have to splurge on a few pavers for right under the shower as I'm no good at standing on loose rocks.

Shoot, someone had an old hot water heater on craigs list not too long ago, Might have to look into it. Would definitely make a good thermosiphon tank providing I can find a good place to locate it.

I'll need to post some picks of our humble outdoor kitchen as it is lately. I has gotten some use though.
I hooked up a sink with some food grade hose running from the laundry out to it so I can use water for canning and such.
We have been juicing the citrus out there, keeps the kitchen cleaner that way.
The outdoor kitchen got used to can a big batch of kumquat marmalade yesterday. We prepared the marmalade inside though since I don't have all the propane stuff to be able to hook up the canner burner as well as the camp stove yet. Those parts should be in next week. I guess I need to get a chunk of hardie board to place on the pallet for a good surface for cooking. Then I think if I'm gonna do a big day of canning (more than just on batch) I'll have to pull out the saw horses and lay a door across them to place the hot jars to cool in the shade closer to the back of the house.

I was lucky, the cook came across a presto 22 quart pressure canner at the flea market last weekend that we got for $50. I could have got a new one for $73 but it would not ship for several weeks so I went for the older one (they still sell parts for it and I know where to find the guy we bought it from.) The cook got a Oster kitchen center from him. One of those do everything type of appliances. We have been searching for a good citrus juicer since we have been breaking the cheap ones trying to put up our citrus harvest. Well this thing not only can function as a blender, food processor, stand mixer, and meat grinder but also has a citrus juicer attachment. Works very well and has variable speed. Ugh, now I need to figure out where to store all the parts of the thing. At least it replaces 3 other appliances. And the citrus juicer has stood up to 3 long days of juicing without complaint so I guess it passes the test.

Sounds like the old kenwood chef great unit...
..heaps of testimonials for inxs of 40 years service
They don't make tem like they used to

That's the truth.

If you haven't yet built your oven this might just interest you Himzol. Really neat idea I want to use....http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.c ... ation.html

The outdoor kitchen has already been getting use when we smoke or grill fish or steak and I've already made marmalade out there and used the pressure caner as a boiling water bath caner. Now today I finally tested out some pressure canning recipes. I did up a batch of chile and some beef bean veggie soup. I need to set up a lounge chair out there though since hanging around for the 75 minute processing time to keep an eye on the pressure was a bit tedious and it would have been nice to put my feet up.

mine is simple grill made from large semi brake drum. i welded steel pipe floor flanges to the bottom and added legs and then a piece of heavy sheet metal 3/4's around the top and found a little grill that fits nicely.

its a very very heavy cooking place and is not very mobile but it works really well and will never ever rust out as its 1.50" thick

i do plan to make myself a smoker out of an old steel clad freezer and warmer from old water tank.

my mother used to smoke wild turkeys my brother hunted and they sure were good out of the smoker. so were mullet fishs.

smokers take some getting used to though and its easy to burn things if they are not monitored closely until you pass the units learning curve.

my mother burned up some really nice turkeys before she learned the smokers traits of cooking

outdoor kitchens sure will keep your house so much cooler in the summer , so i plan to investigate them and do all i an with adding more.

some really really cool but very expensive outdoor kitchen rigs can be found on the cowboy cooking websites especially the period recreators/reenactors with chuckwagons.

remember this. dutch ovens rule

Sweet, love my wild turkey but I don't cook it, prefering to drink it cold.

Seriously though, outdoor cooking is waay better than heating up ones house...
and yes, getting the smoking just right is a talent.
and also a preservitive.

...The old duchy... the Misses hates Honk like the tug boat, and pull the covers over her head

C1 my brother, do be careful about them bottled turkeys near open flames hahaha

In 2006 i and the family built a wood fired brick oven, The oven has so many advantages cooking outdoors keeps the house cooler. A wood smoke flavour fiesta, pizzas in under 4 mins, roasts, jerkey, and yougurt. The inside dia of my oven is 1100mm i can stick a roast beef , trays of veg. It is possible to rake a big wad of embers out and just throw a steak straight on top. I also bakw foccasia, bagettes and buns. If anyone would like plans or assistance in building an oven please feel free to contact me, they really are an asset.
peace, puppies and rainbows pete