Modest beginnings but I am stoked to have actually grown 2 eggplant this time, and some nice capsicum coming on too. Lettuce grows like a weed, I just have to remember to replant every couple of weeks. The usual glut has been followed by a lettuce drought the past few weeks. A lot of Roma tomatoes are now ripening and I just pulled off my first beefheart tomato (I think that's what it is). The cherry tomatoes have been OK but not prolific. There are potatoes in tyres, we have already had one feed from the previous lot, 2 Tamarillos on the inaccessible bank behind one lot of vegies and less silverbeet with the heat.
Robin keeps on adding impractical things like cucumber and yellow squash, which are water and food hungry and pretty boring really. I have been OK with the passionfruit idea, only because with little sunny clear space under the karris we have put it on the fence.
I am a paid up member of Diggers seeds and have just ordered a stack of stuff for the autumn planting. It is a big commitment watering it all but I really love it. And I want to grow a lot more.
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That Robin guy is a bit problematic!
Yes, he certainly is!
Yahoo!
Okay how about backyard Aquaponics. I found it a few months ago because a couple of my very clever friends have begun the systems in their backyards.
You build a water tank which houses fresh water fish, and crustaceans. Then you add a second tier where you put in clay balls (no soil) to plant your vegetables in. Then you pump the water from the fish tank into the second tier which feeds the plants with fish emulsion then through a filtering system the water returns to the fish tank and feeds the fish with the nutrients from the plants. The system uses the fish emulsion to feed the plants and the nutrients from the plants feed the fish. Not to mention you do not use any other water other then topping up the tank every now and then. This is fantastic and I can't wait to finish building my house so that I can start my own. The point is that it is self sustainable and you have vegetables within 6 - 8 weeks and you have no weeds or digging in sand etc etc etc. Totally wicked.
I reckon that Robin guy would be very interested in this system.
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/
There are forums where you can chat to people who are actively creating backyard Aquaponics.
And in my excitement about your vegies I forgot to say woo hoo! .....lol
Far out Free thinker, you got me thinking now. Wow.
Joan said:
Hooray for the vegies!
We have just identified a small area in front of my cottage flat enough for a vegie garden. It has been that before once upon a time as celery still pops up unannounced. I will be able to tend it myself. Reticulation is still on site. It will be lovely to pick my
own lettuce and spinach and cucumber too - as it is a vital food and good for so many other things.
I will obviously have to have another look at the humble cucumber!
And also a good look at Aquaponics by the sound of it FT. I saw a small and really basic hydropinic setup recently and was quite impressed at how simple it was once it was set up.
Hi sarah toa. Do look it up, it is so interesting and the best thing is that you can grow seasonal vegetables to feed your family. There is no excess unless you are building more than one Aquaponic garden or a very large one. Plus you can add your own ideas to it.
My friend just put in two pipes that run up the side of his system and then planted strawberry's in them. Very cool I must say.
And fabulous for small spaces.
I can't wait to start my system.
And you are so right MF it is a very simple system yet so rewarding.
Finally able to add a further yeehah to the mix...for some reason the computer been playing silly buggers when I want to add comments!
Inspirational...
...and cucumbers are cool!
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