The shelf that grows the things
Now that college is finally over for me, I am able to turn my attention back to more important things ππ±
I had time today to put my grow shelf back up. This shelf setup is for microgreens and seed starting... we will get started on the aquaponics system very soon!
A very quick video to show the components of the system. We will be tearing it all down over the next couple weeks, in preparation for our new farm expansion!
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Fish update! These guys are still doing great, especially with the warm weather starting to heat up the tank water. The water temp averages around 8 to 10 degrees lately, so they are starting to eat again. At my best guess, the biggest one is about 275 grams (10 oz) and at least 12 inches long!! And thats with growth being slow over the past couple of cold months. Can't wait to see how big they get by summer! π
O.M.G...! We actually have FISH!!! πππ
O.M.G...! We actually have FISH!!! πππ
Here is 30 seconds of the happy little buggers swimming around this morning ππ (Sorry for bad quality at 7am)
Jessica proving that she can push a loaded wheelbarrow just as well as anyone can ;-) π
Well I haven't gotten to fixing the sump pipe yet, because plumbing up the fish tank and swirl filters is way more fun then digging lol. Not much more left to do until this part of the system is operational.
We now have water flowing through the raft beds. The pump is working great! Tomorrow we should have water flow through the media beds as well. :-)
After being forgotten in the greenhouse for a year and a half, we are proud to say that our water pump is still functional, after a little cleaning and TLC. A good sign for things to come! :-)
And we have water flow!!!