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Mobile App?

Started Aug 8, 2013 0 Replies 0 Likes

Anyway to get an app for this site? As an easier way to access the forums, blogs, photos etc. on this site? I know of several other forums that have mobile apps and I do enjoy using them, or am I…Continue

Tags: crazy ideas

Composting & Worms

Started this discussion. Last reply by Converse Aug 11, 2013. 2 Replies 0 Likes

I am building a compost bin for my kitchen scraps and am planning on using red worms. I tend to be a little paranoid and shred 75% of my junk mail, I know that worms will do a good job with newspaper…Continue

Tags: Compost, Worms

Salutations from West Texas

Started Aug 6, 2013 0 Replies 0 Likes

Just another Texan tired of digging in the hard ground in triple digit heat. I discovered aquaponics on accident but it intrigued me (I'm a sucker for ecosystems or self-sustaining things) so I read…Continue

PH Help.

Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Hall Sep 12, 2013. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Ok, I am on a water well with hard water. My PH is 8.4. I have cycled my (extremely) small system with a fish and everything seems healthy. Fishy is eating well, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates are all…Continue

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How did you find us?: Aquaponic Gardening Book

Are you an aquaponic gardener already?: Yes

If so, what type of system? (pick all that apply): flood and drain media

How old is your system?: Just started

What type of fish do you grow with? (select all that apply): Other

How big is your fish tank?: 1 gallon

Name a part of a fish (spam blocking question): Gill

Please tell us something else about yourself.: New aquaponic gardener.

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Musings and Plans.

Posted on August 11, 2013 at 7:43am 2 Comments 0 Likes

Sometimes I feel like I am staring at a blank canvas. Well, mostly blank but easily corrected. I have a wide range of skills, growing up in a family of do-it-yourselfers and engineers will do that. I can pour concrete, weld, currently working as a plumber, frame, and just about build anything. I would like to set up an aquaponic garden for not just myself, but my father as well. You see he's been slowly losing his vision for the last 30+ years. He also was raised to take pride in the work of…