First sighting of monarch caterpillar on the milkweed we planted a year ago. At least I think that’s a monarch. Can anyone verify by the patterns?
Cold night for tilapia
The fingerlings had some problems last night due to be very cold temperature and they are suffering a little bit right now.
Added a heater to try to bring the temperature back up. Have to figure out a better way to keep the water warm during cold winter nights.
Newly added swirl filter in the aquaponic system
Beautiful caterpillar in the garden
Sunflowers in aquaponics
It took about two months to go from seed to flower. But the results are beautiful.
Nutrient deficient
Not sure what the deficiency is. Just doing the regular dosing. Two teaspoons lime, two teaspoons kelp extract, one teaspoon iron.
Slightly sluggish fish
Usually, when the fish get a bit sluggish, the water pH is getting too low. I did not have time to check the pH today, but saw the fish showing slight signs of sluggishness. Added two teaspoons of lime to raise the pH. Added one teaspoon of iron for the plants.
Water pH low
Log date : 2/28/2015
pH measured at 6. Added two teaspoons of lime.
Newly planted fava beans
Fava beans growing from seed for three weeks. Pulled out ask the lettuce and watercress that were stunted and not doing well to start over.
The fish are about two to three inches now.
Fava beans growing from seed for three weeks. Pulled out ask the lettuce and watercress that were stunted and not doing well to start over.
The fish are about two to three inches now.