Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

miam-miam !

As we say here...
1- I wonder how long a trout can (has to) live before you eat it ?
2- And another question was : The reason why the fish tank needs to not be exposed to the light : To limit the growth of weeds ? The development of dangerous bacterias ? What happens if the fish tank is exposed, then ?

And...
3- The most important : Does this tiny 10 meters long grape sometimes give fruits, or just leaves ?

We LOVE bacteria , it is a very vital part of Aquaponics. But Algae is not a friend, reducing algae is the reason for limiting the light on the fish tanks.
A few messages back , someone mentioned about Chinese restaurants ..... Chinese restaurants are famous for serving Cat as food. Try not to get too big a shock. I don't like cats ,, but I would not eat one either.
The trout fish grows very fast , can eat in about 7 or 8 months.

Sophie ,, I have travelled extensively throughout SE Asia , eaten snakes , including the blood of Cobra , and animals you would normally only see in a Zoo ..... porcupine etc. My wife is from North East Thailand and insects and insect larvae play a major role in there diets, inclusive of ants/ ant eggs , beetles, silk worm pupae , grass-hoppers etc etc.
I have and can eat all those things , but there is something about a dog or cat that makes me not want to eat them.

Maybe better I say , I don't like the way most cat owners look after their animals.
I find it unreasonable that cat owners allow there pet to go anywhere it wants.

ANyway ,, I don't dislike your cats ,, because they are in France there is no way they can come to my backyard:)

Ok starting from the top
Trout are a nice eating size in 12 months about 1 1/2 lb
No 2 fish are easley stressed they only need to know night and day also a shaded tank stops algi
3 thats its first year of growth so i would say grapes nextt season

Hope it works out for the cats.

Lets just say ..... I'd be moree than happy if there where a LOT more Chinese restaurants near my house,.....,, blinken cat owners think they own everyones backyard ,, I dislike cat-excrement on my vegies.

Kinda strange ,, A Frog owning a swimming cat?

... And that's a true French Swimming Cat, right before bath :
http://www.whatsnewemu.com/images/catHatFrog.jpg


I only let my cats go to INDOOR homes.

Of course, lots of people try to lie to me when they say the cat will NOT be left outside... So I need to educate them a lot, talk laws and risks, give true examples...

But y a know ? People that own a 10 kg cat cannot let it outside for long, especially if its speciality is to hunt and fish : A nice five years old Koy fish in a well kept pound in a well kept garden... is not likely to have a tolerant owner when Mr Cat jumps in the pound, toys the koy to death splashing the garden all around, growling in pleasure all the way, and then brings it back to your home to chew on it...

You want an animal : You PROTECT this animal but also your neighbours, and THEIR animals. Or then, you accept that the Police becomes your everyday destination...

People would keep their dogs, rabbits, snakes, spiders and even their hamsters inside.

So, just like you, I wonder what let's them believe that a "free" cat is such a cool thing, when all it does is spend its day expanding/protecting its territory at all costs, like all animals do, especially carnivores, when they are living wild ?

What a strange "favor" to do to an animal, to refuse to protect it from the outside life when you say you "love" it. Especially when you say you "love it like your own child". You don't let your child wander the streets alone, enter other people's houses to pee in their garage (when it is just the garage!), or fight with all the kids around with sharply clawed weapons in each hand, do you ?

if people decided to let their dogs wander the streets and gardens, so as to ensure their "freedom" because it is "natural", in two days their neighbours would get so mad that they'd kill the dogs and/or assign their owners to the trial of the century, depending on their degree of civilization.

So why let a cat become the pest of the surroundings ????


As I said : We, humans, often suffer from shizophrenia when we come to discuss animal matters. Petting and cuddling and gift-covering Pussycat to the point of disgusting a ten years old pink ribonned little girl on one side... And condemnig it to live as a street freak on the other side.

Now, a question : What is snake tasting like ? I'd say much like chicken and frog, no ?
(not a provocative question, ok ? Just a q u e s t i o n.)

And a thought : I wonder why our civilisations do not eat insects ? It is so easy to find and so good for your health : Excellent source of proteins, no fat, very easy to mix with something else when cooking... Plus, we all love... shrimps.

And what is a shrimp if not an insect from the sea ?

I told ya : Schizophrenic.

QED (Quod Erat Demonstrandum)

Ok check this photo taken the 8th month 08 in the third bed you will see the grape cuttings about a ft high there in the carrot bed
If you have time you should read my thread [Food& Fish in members section warning theres 120 pages ]

dont apolagise we are here to convert the non belivers
Man i will prank with anybody you should hear some of the stories i tell my self

Have just found another photo 12-5-08 they are just sticks