Tasmania

DogMan

Troutman wrote:

Brown Trout originate from Europe whilst the Rainbow is originally from Nth America.

Dozer, do you actually get snow in Gardners Bay?? I thought that was down by the coast.

I grew up in Gardners Bay... It is actually an inland area that has now been extended to include the bay and Rocky bay areas as it meant the relocating mainlanders could be charged more $ for the properties....

That said it doesn't have snow settle often... maybe once every couple of years or so... gets good frosts in places though.

there are folks growing crocus flowers nearby in Cygnet....

DogMan

dozer wrote:

torsten wrote:

Sorry, pressed the wrong button... try again:

I'm 60 kilometres south of Hobart in Australia's southernmost council (Huonvalley). We are setting up a Permaculture farm and aquaponics is in the planning stages. I'd love to hear from people in Tasmania or in other cold areas. My main concern are the winter temperatures. We hardly get frost or snow, but many days over long periods with minimum temps of 2-5 C and max of around 10 t. Which fish will do well in such temps, and what can be grown in the beds? I might have to consider a solar greenhouse, passive heatstorage with concrete block backwall, etc.

Torsten, do you have a woodheater? if so, is it a wetback version?

I don't think there would be enough strong sun in winter to use a Trombe wall idea for greenhouse heating and therefore your water.

Although if you go to the Botanical gardens in Hobart one weekend; there are some holes top and bottom in the main pillars of the main wall. They used to build fires in them and the heat would soak through the stone walls, allowing them to grow citrus trees aspalliered along them. Not done any longer ofcourse. Some hot water from your wetback piped through the greenhouse or perhapse the water tank would do the same thing???

Ofcourse, if you get it working.... I'll be over next July with the beer and deck chair!

Why not just use a roll of pipe and heat it with solar/ compost pile/ sawdust pile ?

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