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After 3 years… our first ripe Tamarillo!
Every year, something seems to harm our Tamarillo tree. Weather, caterpillars, not so gentle builders (mea culpa!) all conspire to prevent it from giving a crop. This year though, one has made it full term and two others are sneakily ripening, hoping to avoid the slings and arrows of outrageous Tamarillo fortune. share2steem via Instagram…
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Someone likes Cassava melons more than I do!
We only have two this year and I’ve been checking them every day. Yesterday I missed my inspection and someone took advantage of my lapse in concentration and whipped in for a quick bite. Bugger! share2steem via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu2TqAtl9YV/
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Aquaponics full tour!
Whenever we post about our aquaponics system, we are asked for more details, for a full tour. We’ll, here it is, the oft requested full tour of our aquaponics set-up. I’ve even learned how to put titles in the thing. Enjoy
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Planting moringa oleifera seeds today at k5 village project in Kenya.
Planting moringa oleifera seeds today with the help from k5 young farmers, We plant in the old containers adding mix soil with sand to allow root penetration and faster germination potential increase. The seeds will benefits communities surrounding us in the following benefits Moringa is a rich source of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids fights…
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Vlog 5: a new pump
When we extended our aquaponics system recently, we exceeded the capacity of the existing pump to pump enough water through the additional pipes at a rate from which the plants could extract enough of the good stuff. As it was, we were close to its maximum flow and not doing a very good job in…

