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| How To - Control bugs naturally in your Aquaponics Garden. |
Gardening the natural way can be a little difficult when it comes to controlling bugs and insects in the garden.
In a natural veggie garden we do not want to kill every insect that may inhabit our garden. Some insects such as Australian native and European honey bees are most welcome. There are many others we could list such as some of the Lady Beetle family.
When we are confronted with an insect imbalance there needs to be some natural non synthetic chemical way of getting things back into balance.
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· murray on October 28 2009 03:52:00 ·
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| Filming Aquaponics Secrets... |
Yesterday we spent the day filming for our next DVD "Aquaponics Secrets"
Over the last 10 months we’ve been busy filming part two of Murray Hallam’s Aquaponics Made Easy video series. We believe in giving people a lot of quality information in our DVDs and the response from people who have bought Murray’s previous DVD has been overwhelming
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· murray on October 17 2009 22:51:05
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| Aquaponics Cabbage - a whopper. |
This drumhead cabbage is a whopper. 10 inches across or 255mm. Do not have any scales up at the house but my guess is about 9 lb or 4kg.
Not bad , grown in a 4 year old Aquaponics flood and drain 300mm (12") deep gravel grow bed system, that has never been cleaned out or dug up in that time, has a heap of earth worms living in the beds. The media is 20mm (3/4") gravel (blue metal).
The flood and drain is achieved using auto siphons and the system runs on the CHOP system.
The powerhouse has approx 100 Jade Perch 120 Barramundi fingerlings in floating cages, and assortment of Bass and Yellow Belly also in floating cages.
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· murray on October 07 2009 05:47:05
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| Urban farming can boost world food security says FAO |
With the world's cities growing rapidly, farming in and around urban areas needs to play a bigger role in feeding city populations, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on World Environment Day (June 5. 2009).
FAO said that nearly all of the world's population growth between now and 2030 will be concentrated in urban areas in developing countries. By then almost 60% of people in developing countries will live in cities.
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· murray on October 02 2009 06:42:18
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| Citrus trees in Kitchen Garden Aquaponics kits. |
 I have just planted a few Citrus trees. One Lisbon lemon, one Washington Navel and one Tahitian Lime.
Planted them into Kitchen Garden kits just to see how they will go. All are putting on new growth, especially the Orange. It is in full flower and fruit is setting.
Also have lettuce etc growing in the gravel beds.
The three Citrus systems are running off one pump and the fish tanks are joined with a 40mm balancing pipe, so water flows from the outer systems into the middle one where the pump is located. Auto siphons in each bed take care of the flood and drain.
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· murray on September 05 2009 04:23:51
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| Hydroponic Ferris Wheel Optimizes Growth: The OmegaGarden (Video) |
When I wrote about marijuana as a possible gateway to farming, I noted that much of the hydroponic supply market seems to be marketed toward, shall we say, recreational growers of certain herbs - and often not very subtly. But as we've seen, hydroponics also has applications in everything from rooftop agriculture to Intergrated backyard Aquaponics But how energy and water efficient is it to grow under lights and without soil? One Vancouver-based company is aiming to optimize the efficiency of hydroponics with these rotary hydroponic ferris wheels. And they are marketing themselves firmly to the urban farming crowd, before you ask. |
· murray on September 01 2009 21:54:29
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| Another shire rejects GM crops |
Margaret River Shire goes GE free!
20 August 2009
Last week Margaret River Shire Council unanimously passed a motion saying that it did not support the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the shire.
This means that, so far, a total of six of the eight shires in Western Australian Agriculture Minister Terry Redman’s electorate have passed anti-GE motions.
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· murray on August 26 2009 05:14:40
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| Oakleaf lettuce |
 Here is a photo of an oakleaf green lettuce just taken out of my floating raft Aquaponics system.
Weight is 428 g including roots.
Industry minimum standard is supposed to be minimum 235 g
Next time you are in one of those fresh veggie places just get a hydro grown lettuce and take it to the scales and weigh it. You will be surprised just how little value you are getting.
I have weighed them as light as 125 g
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· murray on August 16 2009 19:59:46
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| Aquaponics on roof tops - The Greenhouse Project Transforms NYC School's Vacant Rooftop |
 Manhattan School has innovative roof top project.
NFT, Vine Crop & Aguaponics Systems
Plans to include a Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) system will show students exactly what a plant needs to survive and can produce up to 75 heads of lettuce a week, ideal for nutrient-filled lunches. The greenhouse will boast a Vine Crop System vertically-hung which utilizes space in an urban landscape and an Aquaponics system that will eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers by converting waste into nutrients. A vermicompost system will make use of daily food scraps and will create rich soil to aid the growth of plants in the raised soil beds. Finally, an Integrated Pest Management system will allow students to monitor pest populations and learn about the relationships of predators and prey in nature.
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· murray on August 04 2009 18:39:46
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| See us at the Ekka. “The Exhibition” Brisbane. |
The annual RNA Exhibition held in Brisbane each year is on again from August 6 to 15th.
Here is a few shots of our Aquaponics display which is part of “Signature Brisbane Interactive Backyards”
Can be found Across from The Coffee Club Auditorium.
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· murray on August 01 2009 00:17:53
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| Aquaponics on ABC America News.... |
Aquaponics found 15 minutes of fame recently when Good Morning America, the Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times all featured “Farm in a Box,” a new home aquaponics system built by Earth Solutions. Many home gardeners haven’t even heard of aquaponics yet, much less how to set up a system at home. That’s probably why so many folks are scratching their heads right now wondering how these systems work and where they can get one.
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· murray on July 30 2009 02:48:57
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| Aquaponics Workshop - Brisbane - August 30 |
 Aquaponics Workshop and Field Day at Practical Aquaponics Made Easy - Brisbane Southside.
In this workshop you will learn how to raise your own organic fish and vegetables in the most water efficient growing system available, and yes, you CAN do this in your own backyard.
This August workshop will concentrate on Domestic systems and theory - with an intro to Commercial Aquaponics Systems
Go HERE for Workshop details and registration. |
· murray on July 21 2009 16:18:01
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