Sail Boat Photos

Aquaponics be gone!

I gave up on the aquonics for the summer. What you see here is my raised garden beds. 

Summer 2014 Begins!

My summer growing season begins. I have planted cucumbers, tomatoes, pumpkins, basil, peppers, and strawberries. Here are a few pictures of the garden. The cherry tomatoes in picture three are grown hydroponically(my fish died) this plant is also a volunteer. 

All my tomatoes grew from last years dropped fruit. No seed buying necessary. 

May 2013

System running well. Two tomato plants and one basil all flowering and ready to produce. 

April 2013

Installed a $10 timer for the main pump, which turns the system into a flood and drain, or ebb and flow.  I have the timer set for 30 minutes of fill and 15 minutes of drain.  The basil seems to be doing much better and the tomatoes are hanging in there as well.  I lost a couple of fish last month, I added two air stones to increase oxygen content and no loss of life yet.  I hope to add a couple more grow beds and another fish tank next month.

Fall Change

After raccoons dismantled my siphons, I pulled my basil plants and moved my grow beds. I had a huge rootball and lots of basil. I moved everything to te side if the house and waiting to finish DWC system.

September Update

I've battles raccoons and opossums this month. Thai basil and Basil have been doing great but the lettuce has been devoured by raccoons.