Selecting aquaponics growing media

Selecting aquaponics growing media

It’s been a while since I talked about our aquaponics system, but we have indeed been working on it and it’s actually running very well. We’ve had our beds filled and even have plants in it but I putting the events down in words has taken a while...
{Garden Life} Square Foot Gardening

{Garden Life} Square Foot Gardening

My dearest fellow gardeners, Welcome to a new year of gardening! Whether you’ve been gardening for a while or are just getting started or have never even planted one seed in your life, I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be an outstanding year. Today I wanted...
Show us your garden: Starting a lasagna garden

Show us your garden: Starting a lasagna garden

You get to hear a lot about me, our farm and our garden here every day, but I know so many of you are doing fantastic things at home, in your own gardens, and I would really love to hear about it. There are so many great ideas floating around and I’ll never be...
Selecting aquaponics growing media

What’s so great about aquaponics

I know you’ve been reading the word “aquaponics” a lot lately on this blog and I don’t think I’ve really explained what it is. So in case you’re curious but just lack the time or sincere interest to go learn more about what it is...
Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic (Allium ursinum AKA bear’s garlic, ramsons or Bärlauch in German) is a wonderful chive cousin that we’re lucky to have growing in our courtyard and a bit in our garden too. At Mackenzie’s christening dinner, we were served a wild garlic soup that was just...

Guest blogging on Growing Edge

You may have seen me mention Growing Edge a little while back when we were getting our aquaponics system up. But they were also kind enough to ask me to guest blog as well and I simply couldn’t refuse. Please don’t hesitate to pop over to their site and...