Monday 6th December WELCOME

Instead of getting the Blog done, Ive been watching "Good Morning Vietnam" so now I have to stay up till the early hours doing this. What a Numb Skull I am. But enough about me. Lets see what we can dig out for you guys.......

How to build a basic Aquaponics System, A basic video guide on how to build your own Aquaponic system. This is sytem is based on the barrel ponic and S&S setup and was built by me in the summer of 07?.

 The first two items are from the Aussie King and the U.S. Queen of Aquaponics. First Murray Hallum has just sent out his latest Blog - Practical Aquaponics gems.CHOP Mark2 TotePonics (IBC) Powers On.

And close on his heels Slywoman has, as I was typing the first lines to this issue, posted the following: 6 Great Ideas for Aquaponics Holiday Gifts And why not sign up for their blogs....Made sense to me.

2010: Top year for Aquaponics, growing fish and veggies together: Growing fish and vegetables at the same time in a system called “Aquaponics” (a blend of hydroponics and aquaculture) has taken off this year.

space fish: After not one but two people said to me that it would be grossly, GROSSLY negligent to not make a stronger attempt to keep my fish warmer as the winter gets colder I had to make a decision:

Aquaponics Guidebook in PDF, a multiversity textbook and DIY magic carpet Sequatchie Valley Institute. All of us who are guaranteed Aquaponics Europe The ultimate ...

Plus several others for your downloading pleasure...

First European Aquaponics School
1e Europese MBO-opleiding Aquaponics genomineerd voor de prijsvraag: "Groene Urgentie"

PARADISE LOST: Im speaking of aquaponics, an ancient technique of utilizing aquatic animals and vegetation which allows both to thrive. The process has...

 BACKYARD AQUAPONICS:This is part three of an instructional video showing how to install one of our aquaponics kit systems.

Today I happened across the heiroglyph for tilapia, which inspired me to generate a cartouche for aquaponics. I have a cartouche that I wear always - my sister got it for me in Turkey back in the early 1990s. ...

Aquaponic farm opts for solar source

By Scott Rochat
© 2010 Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT — Forget greenhouses. Grow Your Own Meal is going solar.
Next Generation Energy of Lafayette will help design and build a solar system for GYOM’s planned aquaponic farm, to be built at Longmont’s wastewater treatment plant.

Affnans Aquaponics: Asparagus Update
By Affnan
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Affnans Aquaponics. Amateur Urban Aquaponics, if I can do it, you can do it too..:). Asparagus Update. Asparagus has germinate , this photo....

Community Forestry Team - Aquaponics Forum
By admin
Aquaponics is becoming a great part in the green movement.? Besides being the worlds most sustainable food source, there are many benefits to setting up your own system in your back yard.? Your plants grow 50% to 75% times faster, ...

Should i do water changes when cycling an aquaponics system?

by admin on Sunday, November 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I have just set up an aquaponics system. It is a 10 gallon tank stocked with 2 goldfish and a pump that drains into 10 pounds of gravel, which then drip drains back into the tanks. Everywhere that I look that describes cycling of a standard fish tank says to do 20% water changes weekly.

3x5 Aquaponics: The Future of Farming
By Meg Stout
Search 3x5 Aquaponics. Loading... Blog Archive. ? 2010 (19). ? November (18). The Future of Farming · Tilapia - Legal in Your Town? Things Egyptian · That was Easy · Moving this sucker · 

Eco-Cycle Aquaponics and Habitat Systems:Combining modern technology with sustainable food production to solve world hunger, one family at......

Fron The Geneticengineer: aquaponics:ok here i am. i do aquaponics and i started some threads on here about various things including "aquaponic cannabis".

Well, thats another one put to bed, Sure hope it meets your needs. Until Wednesday, I wish you Good Gardening (In your little Puddles) and be good to each other....

OZZIE 

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Peak Oil got you depressed Check out Fuel

Fuel, the film, available on Netflix
Josh Tickell has been a bio-diesel advocate for over a decade. In his 2008/9 documentary Fuel, Josh goes way beyond bio-diesel to show how the world can realistically become petroleum independent and go carbon neutral.

This film is a pleasure to watch - it has:

• Beautiful graphics,
  
• A David versus Goliath personal story,
  
• Comments from the rich, famous, and learned,
  
• A message that not all need go dark when fossil fuel runs out.

Oh, and lovely music, sung by Joshs now-wife, Rebecca Harrell.

The diesel engine was originally designed to run on a vegetable oil-based fuel. Ford originally designed his cars to run on ethanol (derived from corn). But the availability of inexpensive fossil fuel and the distribution might of Standard Oil combined to make fossil-based products the fuel of choice.

Interesting tidbit - Josh Tickell makes a case suggesting Prohibition in the United States may have become law because it made ethanol illegal. Henry Ford continued to offer the ethanol-compatible version for several years, but finally folded to economic necessity in 1932 and gave up offering the ethanol-fueled engine option. Coincidentally, Prohibition was allowed to be repealed the following year.

Josh also lays out the idea that the recent US war in Iraq was motivated by oil. This isnt a new idea, but he does a particularly good job of connecting the dots.

Back to how we move past fossil fuel towards a sustainable future - bio-diesel is a clear winner, requiring only 1 part energy to produce 3 parts diesel (ethanol requires 1 part energy to produce 1 part ethanol, and fossil fuel requires 1 part energy to produce 0.8 part fuel). Solar and wind can work, where conditions are adequate. Theres even mention of trees that were designed to remediate contaminated soils that grow to maturity in 3 years and regenerate from a cut stump, making wood-based energy creation a viable green option as well.

My only complaint is the discussion of wind didnt show my favorite wind turbine, the vertical Windspire. Traditional wind turbines kill birds due to the high differential pressures at the blade tips, not even counting the birds killed by being hit by a blade. The Windspire doesnt have this problem.

So, if talk of Peak Oil and/or soaring energy prices get you down, take a breather and watch this film. It wont make the immediate crisis go away, but does offer hope that there is a future, even after cheap fossil fuels go away.

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