Backyard Aquaponics
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How long it's been in the Fridge. Well the living lettuce keeps rather well in the fridge in a bag or clam shell so I would say for it to start looking sad like that, probably 3 or more weeks.

How dare you let the lettuce start getting old, you chickens must be very disappointed in you. And with the Freeze out in California, I hear lettuce prices have gone through the roof.

6 weeks!!!

It was a sacrifice to the longevity gods TC!!

Hi Ryan,

thanks so much for your thread. I'm in awe of your home system and look forward to future progress reports.

I may have missed it in your thread but how will you filter the fish water prior to the rafts?

thanks and God bless, froggo.

Thanks Froggo!

I haven't gone into detail but I will be building a large radial flow-esq filter and then I'm going to run it through a few different smaller filters to allow me to some control over nutrient strengths going to different areas/crops in the greenhouse. I'll probably go into more detail when I'm plumbing it together.

Well, I got to experience something unbelievable yesterday... I delivered a baby goat! She started to come out but got stuck so I had to literally pull her out of momma and then Boom! She came to life! Unforgettable experience... My wife got it all on video so I'll try to figure out how to post it up later. In the mean time, here are a few pics of Cindy! (Cinderella, sticking with the Disney theme)



Goat tested

Goat approved!

Ryan,

Can you describe how you sprout the fodder mats?

Is that filtered AP water? How filtered?

Congratulations Ryan, you look like a proud dad. One of lifes special moments.

Thanks Faye, it really is

Nothing special Bob, I soak the seed, spread it in a trough and handwater it 2x a day


Few more pictures

All my Goat Kids!


Current work outdoor demo


Don't remember if I ever posted this but it was a month or 2 ago...just a cool pic with a raft removed:


I have all my fish tanks in and plumbing has begun. Need to buy one more large fiberglass tank(part of filtration package) and the fish equipment will be complete. Then onward to building out the greenhouse!

Hey Ryan,

Congrats on the goat kids. I just hatched out some chicks again and life never ceases to amaze...

I've been following this thread for a while now so forgive me if you've already answered this question...
How deep are your DWC beds?
I'm about to build a raft system and if have any recommendations etc. I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks
Mike

Thanks Mikey, you can say that again!

These are 12" deep (2" x 12" boards)with roughly 10" water

Those baccy plants are kickin butt brutha

Yeah boy! I actually dried a bunch of leaves... They smell like those peach cigars... Very sweet! I'm gonna have to roll one up when I get a chance... For science

8 pages through writing an article for a Korean aquaculture mag...due tomorrow night...
/Brain melt

Love last minute assignments

In other news, I did a phone interview last week that wasn't 1/2 bad:
http://seedstock.com/2013/01/30/fish-and-greens-grow-together-on-rooftop-farm-in-winter-gardens-fla/

Nice write up.
It's encouraging to see more and more info on aquaponics out there.

Are you going to post the article you're writing for the Korean Mag?


Mikey

Hi 5 my man

beatufull plants and goats, do you make any cheese?