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Barbara McLain's Blog – May 2012 Archive (3)

Organic Pest Control for Aquaponics

One of my daily "alerts" for google search is set to look for "organic" farming.  Today, I ran across an interesting site that led me to search a bit for organic pest control solutions.  To start with, I read this story about a guy with an aquaponics system near a house that was sprayed for cockroach prevention... (that's what started me off on this quest..LOL)

“I got a phone call early in the week that house was due for annual spider and cockroach spray.” said Rod, “I…

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Added by Barbara McLain on May 25, 2012 at 11:41am — 6 Comments

An Internet Video Compilation for Germinating Seeds for Aquaponics

I'm a technology evangelist and software collector.  One interesting tool I tried out, was one that allows you to create a collection of youtube videos on any topic.  This is one of my first trials of the tool to create a compilation of videos about "germinating seeds"...great information for anyone getting started in aquaponics.  …

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Added by Barbara McLain on May 19, 2012 at 9:26pm — 3 Comments

Major Honolulu Home Builder Integrates Aquaponics

Was thrilled today as I read this story in our
 Honolulu Star Advertiser newspaper about D.R. Horton-Schuler, a large housing developer, who is now adding aquaponic ponds for edible fruits and vegetables into the landscape design for their numerous housing projects.   Wow.  If all the builders around the world would do the same, we could make major progress towards increased awareness of ---food security--- the benefits of aquaculture & aquaponics---and…

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Added by Barbara McLain on May 16, 2012 at 7:37pm — 10 Comments

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