Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Looks like fun chilli.

whats happened to there heads? Does it run in the family?

You might need to increase the salt in their diet. Looks like they might have Ich!

Bunch of friends that may or may not wish to be recognised on the web - I think there were a couple of sickies taken to be part of it - only those that participate get any of the end product.

you could be right rsevs.... either that or possibly the ol' white hole in head disease. I have heard its very blinding.

Did you grow the pig yourself CD?

If i had enough land i would, but then i would have to hide it form the mrs while it was growing! Nothing beats homemade.

Love your website too CD. Now i have to go and find some habanero seeds to try and make your better than tobasco recipe!

Could not open the photos mate.

Hey chilli, did you notice the bee flying past in this shot?

Nup - they ordered in 150kg of Grade 11 pork shoulder. The shoulder has the right ratio of fat for making sausage, so it saves a lot of time compared to cutting up the pig and taking the fat off separately and trying to get the right average across the whole body.


Thanks rsevs3 - glad you enjoy it - have fun with the hab sauce.
Yeah, that's why I chose that pic over the other one that was the same - there's a grevillea right behind me (in the photo) covered with them at the moment

Mmmm...I love salami, these pics are from 2 weeks ago, i think we had 50kg.

Yep, they look pretty great Lyndon !!

I'll bet the mincer save a lot of time - I was working with purists who wanted it all cut by hand

Yeah... Good luck with the chopping by hand... There is only me and my old man, so the mincer works a treat, he also made a mixing barrel for the spices/salts/etc out of a stainless keg.

Test post so my Dad can see how the subscription works !

How did you do your overflow on the WB CD, just cut a hole or pot a pipe in at the required level?

Just a hole or two are all thats needed for the overflows. Well thats what I have on my 6 wicking beds

Kinda like Mantis said - I have 4 holes (one on each side) at a height just above the top of the gravel, which is only a little higher than the height of the 90mm pipe.