Backyard Aquaponics
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Bit more insulation?

Wouldn't hurt... but I don't trust the burner either Its a little crappy

If you want to pay postage i will send you one [will have to dig it out though]

Sure! Can't hurt to recycle! That would be awesome.

Is it a side mount for the hose or coming up underneath? I'm hoping to paint it all up and have it looking schmick instead of balancing on bricks and popping up through the bottom like it currently is! LOL

BTW, how big is it?

Going away for a couple of days[Aquaponic tour ] when i get back will pull it out and send a photo

Great, thankyou

PS Have fun on your aqua adventures.

Why don't you extend your tour to East Gippy and take it with you

Can if you want to... not much to see here tho. All up, about 14-20 ft of tomatoes and a few yabbies... depends on if you like goldfish because we have a couple of them too! LOL

Good call OBO,
The slightest breeze can really knock the heat out of a smoker,
Especially when you are trying to maintain temp at 3:00am on a winters Sunday morning, in preparation for a lunchtime function.

A little while back I got interested in the whole home brewing thing through a friend who does a very nice ginger beer. I've progressed a bit since then am now doing full mash brews. Listening to a honey beer gurgling in the fermenter as I type.

We started down the preserving trail last year when we had so many tomatoes we couldn't give them away quick enough. My other half worked on a recipe given to her by a friend for tomato-chilli jam, yumm-oh..

Hopefully this year we should get some fruit into jars and some chillies. I still want to build a cold smoker, but will wait until other major projects around the place are finished.

( I will need to get in touch with Heka about that seceret ingrediant for wine as well, sometime in the near future )

Hmm... even a slight breeze? Interesting. We had a full-on sea breeze going on Sunday when we tested it out. Still have to fill in the big holes in the bottom too.

Did someone say honey beer??? Yumm-o... I'm so buying a kit tomorrow (or maybe the next day LOL) Ginger beer would be awesome too... good drink for hot or cold weather but I could never get a ginger plant (the beer kind) to grow properly

( I will need to get in touch with Heka about that seceret ingrediant for wine as well, sometime in the near future

Hi himzol, no problem , have you got the book I mentioned above, yet - just saw it on ebay (1971) edition
GBP 5.50 .
Are you going to build a cold smoker? been planning to build one for a long time - never got around building it!
The butcher in a nearby town smokes his own mettwurst,bacon,sausages etc. takes muchlonger then hat smoking but it will last longer.

Hi imy, ......by honey beer ....do you mean mead

The book I mentioned above has over 10 mead (honey) recipes

heka

Sorry........ should read:

takes much longer than hot smoking , but it will last longer

Imy - most ginger beer recipes just use powdered ginger.

Dicko - do you use gas as your fuel something else (wood, bbq briqs).

Would love to see a picture of the smoker. I've been using the webber, but one day will build something that I can do the big stuff in.