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Aquaponics build #1
We’re well underway with the aquaponics build. The frame is almost done, though I couldn’t take a pic of it almost finished because it came in too dark too quickly. Jelina just managed to capture me hard at work Like so many good things, my first estimate of squeezing four tubs into the greenhouse was…
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Greenhouse/solar update
It may look like a rat’s nest of wiring, but let me assure you that the greenhouse is now connected to the 12V system, so the pump is running on sunshine! Greenhouses are a great way to experiment with different types of solar energy, however it is captured. The bad news is that the big…
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Window box heater
Last year I started fiddling with passive heating and whipped up one of these window box heaters. I found several flaws with my design and have since learned how to improve the efficiency greatly. For this test, I just leaned it on the sill of the kitchen window (the most northerly facing window) in the…
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Accidental climate
Finishing the greenhouse and moving it into place has created an unexpected bonus Where the light and heat bouncing off the rainwater tank was previously being lost over the pond, now the greenhouse traps it and keeps it in the area between the two. The result is a pleasant microclimate that is a couple of…
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Greenhouse life part 1
Today, we managed to get the greenhouse wrapped. We’re pretty proud of our cable tie and duct tape efforts! The greenhouse is an old shade house frame that we were given, plus two (and in some places, three) layers of plastic sheeting with an air gap between most of it. It measures 3.6m x 1.8m…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
