Thank you! I look forward to filling out my details after this weekend (it is Winter Wineland up here in Sonoma County and I am the chef for a winery) but I look forward to meeting everyone and learning more. Cheers! ~Kate

thanks jack. what do you do for aphids. Came back after Christmas to find plants with many aphids. I crushed 2 garlic cloves and added a few drops of soap, but it can't get them all. I put some under a scope and watched as the mixture got on them. It seems to kill them if they get enough to drown.

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I made wicking beds from gutters for my strawberry plants. I used day-neutral plants and had strawberries in March!

The tomatoes started out on the shelf along the wall, but I had to move them. They were still getting chilled 12" in from the windows. We had a brutal winter last year. They were happier between the tank and the stove.

My raft beds atop a 300 gallon tank. It can crank out the lettuce!

The little stove insert that kept us all warm last winter. (tomatoes on the left)

Jack, I did get my greenhouse going. Let me see if I can add a couple of pics. It's a nice place to be when there's snow on the ground and the temps are below zero.

We ended up not doing a pit, but put it against the south side of our old farmhouse. It serves as a place for my aquaponics, a greenhouse, and it protects the house a little more from prevailing winds. Also, when the furnace went out after Christmas last year, I was able to keep the house warmish with the little wood stove.

Outside:

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Rafts atop tank:

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Hi Jack,

Thank you so much. I'm glad to be a new member here.

Hi Jack.. thank you.. am lookingforward to learning as much as possible to be able to set up this year. We are off grid in SOuth Eastern BC and plan on building an addition off the kitchen to house the Aquaponics. We currently have large biodynamic gardens and a small orchard and of course are limited by the seasons. What is the best way to learn what we need to know without going to Colorado.... I do have Sylvia's book. Thanks a bunch.... looking forward to a new adventure!

Thanks Jack......  been reading up on AP for a year or so and we decided to put it into practice this year. Hoping to find advice I need here, and meet some like minded folks.

Thanks Jack. I am  on the   steep part of the learning   curve, but it   looks very intriguing . 

Thank you. I am glad to be here. Hope to be a contributing member at some point.

Thank you! Happy to be part of a Canadian Aquaponic Community.

Thx Jack..

  THANKS JACK                     B OB TAYLOR

Hi Jack, Thank you!