Friday, November 30, 2012

Controlling Powdery Mildew

This is the easiest and cheapest way I've found to eliminate powdery mildew on my plants.  It has never failed me!  I'm doing this in the aquaponic greenhouse, but this can be done indoors or any regular soil garden.



Friday, November 16, 2012

Testing Water In Our Aquaponic System

How we maintain good water quality in our AP system


Monday, November 12, 2012

Cloning Tomatoes

Just a quick video on how I clone my tomato plants.  Only one plant was grown from seed in the greenhouse and everything else has been cloned.


Wednesday, November 7, 2012

When I originally designed the aquaponic system, I knew that there was going to be a couple of spots that could potentially become a problem.  Now that the system is running, I've decided to add a few redundant components...just in case....

Friday, October 26, 2012

Burning Pellets in a Rocket Mass Heater

After a few prototypes, a few burns, and singeing the hair off of my hands, here's my solution to burning pellets in a rocket mass heater.  Burns hot and super clean.


Friday, October 19, 2012

Aquaponic Association Farm Tour

In September, we went to the Aquaponics Association Conference and participated in the farm tours. The Association was kind enough to let me film the tours and share it with you. Just make sure you attend NEXT year!

Monday, October 8, 2012

Going Off-Grid

I finally finished up the solar setup for the geodesic dome. It's amazing how you have to watch every watt you're consuming when you're not connected to the power company!