Here is the second video in the series of building a geodesic dome greenhouse. It covers 3 different hub designs (and failures) along with the details of how they are assembled. I’m trying not to make them too boring, but after all, its just a bunch of diagrams, cutting and welding. At least you can see some sparks fly! There’s a couple of bloopers at the end too! Below is the transcript from the video:In this video I will discuss the hub design for this dome and the next video in the series will detail the strut design. This is 3V 3/8th dome so it will require a total of 46 hubs consisting of twenty-five 6-way, six 5-way and fifteen 4-way hubs that will be...
Kamis, 19 Mei 2016
Grouper Aquaculture Indonesia Build a Backyard Aquaponics Method with our Step by Step ! See more
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Wold You Like AN AQUAPONIC SYSTEM For Your Home? Visit NOW! -What Plants Might be Grown in an Aquaponic System Today traditional farming is beginning to shed ground in favor in the new approaches of increasing plants. Many people have directed their attention towards hydroponic farming which enables them to grow vegetables in their own residence or their garage just using water and some specially designed pots. Yet, the drawback on the hydroponic farming will be the reality which you will must use chemical substances to feed the plants and make them develop generally. This significantly affects the taste and the quality on the crops. With aquaponics this will not come about. Aquaponic relies...
How to Winterize Your RV Travel Trailer 5th Wheel MotorHome or Camper
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Check out this video for a complete walkthrough on how to winterize your RV, travel trailer, camper, 5th wheel, or motorhome. When the leaves start to change up here in Michigan, I know I have a few main preparations to make for the coming winter. One of these is to get the travel trailer ready for some cold weather and snow. In this video, I go through that process step by step and offer some pointers and advise for protecting the exterior, water system, and preventing mice from invading!When we purchased this used trailer, one of the first repairs I had to make was to correct some damage from the previous owner not winterizing the water system properly. The p trap on the bathroom sink...
Operation Rescue Fox
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Less than two weeks ago, we spotted a very small, grey, dog-like animal in broad daylight rolling around in our street. We took pictures and grabbed the binoculars. The little fox was so skinny and had sores all over its body. Its eyes were barely open. I honestly thought this was going to be Operation Put-This-Poor-Animal-Out-of-His-Misery.We have the most awesome nature center approximately 30 minutes away from our house. I called them to get their advice. And thanks to them, our rescue mission began. 1. Live trap (local TSC sure does come in handy at times like these, heres the one we picked out)2. Cat food (what they feed...
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Complete Step-By-Step Instruction On How To Build A Fully Functional Aquaponics System Using Simple Components! Learn more.. -Aquaponic Gardeing - The Advantages Aquaponic gardens can provide you with a lot of fresh vegetables and tasty fish, theyre fantastic for any sort of property as well as for any age and occupation you might have. Nonetheless, they are going to not take care of themselves! Its correct that they require extremely small care, however it is essential that you give them those couple of minutes per day each and every day in order to receive really excellent benefits and keep the farm producing for a extended period of time. The key procedure in aquaponics is aeration. When...
13 Creating a Greenhouse out of Electric Metallic Tubing EMT
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So how do you grow 365 days a year when you have cold winters? A greenhouse is a big part of that answer. [In fairness, 365 Aquaponics also requires attention to fish selection and plant choice, but that’s for another post.]
The lightbulb went off for me when I saw a video of Michelle Obama’s hoop house garden, at the White House. An evening of internet surfing later, I knew all kinds of information about high tunnels, aka hoop houses.
But a standard hoop house wouldn’t work for me. The typical cross section of a hoop house is a circular arc, 12 feet wide if it’s 6 feet high. Not bad for crops grown in the ground, but murder if my crops are sprouting 3 feet above ground level, as in an aquaponics system that’s wholly installed above the surface of the ground. Besides, all that area at the edges is practically useless for either growing plants or allowing the gardener to walk around.
There are some nice greenhouses available for sale. Harbor Freight has an inexpensive 10’x12’ model that is used by many gardeners. But my townhome community has covenants that limit how tall my backyard structures can stand.
Besides, I wanted to see if I could come up with a sturdy greenhouse someone could build themselves from standard materials available at local hardware stores.
Now that I’ve lived with such a greenhouse for a summer, I prefer a simple hoop house over standard greenhouses. When it gets hot, you can simply remove the plastic from the hoop house for the hot months. If you need shade, drape shade cloth over the hoops. Nature takes care of ventilation and pollination. When the days and nights start cooling, put up the plastic again. 6 mil plastic will be stronger and provide better insulation, but 3 mil plastic lets in more light and still keeps things moderately toasty in the sun.
I used Electric Metallic Tubing (EMT) rather than the more typical PVC pipe because:
- EMT allows me to achieve a precise shape
- EMT is stronger
- EMT won’t break down under UV sunlight the way unpainted PVC does.
- EMT is sold in 10 foot lengths, allowing me to create an arched form that is 8.5 feet wide and around 7 feet tall from just two 10 foot lengths
Pictures (better, moving pictures) are worth thousands of words, so here is a movie showing how to set this up.
Rabu, 18 Mei 2016
Aquaponics System Design Setup and Maintenance Costs
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This aquaponics project has been one of the most interesting and rewarding things that I have ever built and I never could have imagined how it would have turned out over a year ago when I got the idea. My wife and I were looking for ways to be more sustainable and wanted to get more into gardening and growing our own food in the upcoming year. We had watched a few documentaries on food production, organic food, sustainability, and a few other related topics and were becoming more and more interested. We also kept finding it hard for us to eat healthy foods on a budget when it seems like the healthier you try to eat the more and more expensive it becomes. That is when we decided to start into this aquaponics adventure and let me tell you, it has been an adventure!
I have been running the system in the basement now for coming up on a year now and have recently completed all of the grow lights and grow media needed for full production. I have had a lot of questions surrounding the various costs and upkeep of the indoor aquaponics system and so I thought I would provide as much detail as possible on that. There are two categories of cost to set up something like this, maintenance costs and the one time setup costs to build the system. I will start with the setup costs listed below. I have also included links to many of the items on Amazon that I used in the system.
Setup costs -
Here is a list of the components and their costs -
55 Gallon Drums - 5 @ $10 - $50
Wood and Screws - $40
PVC pipe and fittings - $50
Aquarium heater - $12
Float valve for automatic top-off - $15
Air stone and air pump - $15
Aquarium water pump - $40
Bulkhead adapters 2" and 3/4" - $50
Light fixtures - 4 @40 - $160
Grow media - $70
Bulbs - $90
Misc - $10
Giant bucket of fish food - Priceless
Total system build cost - $602
When we originally planned to build this system we had budgeted about $400 and thought I could have it all setup in a couple of weeks. Well, as my wife always tells me "figure twice as much and twice as long". It wasnt quite twice as much but it surely took twice as long to build it! Now, many of you are saying "$600, that is a lot for growing some lettuce in your basement!". At first thought, you are right, it is a lot of money. However, if you are looking to build something similar you do not have to be as elaborate as this setup, there are many ways to cut costs as I discuss in the video further. There are cheaper bulkheads, lights, and other components that you can choose from and if you put this in a greenhouse you can cut that cost in half. This setup has been such an amazing experience for me though, I would have paid twice that to do it again.
To justify the cost think of it like this, how much do you pay for organic vegetables? How much do you spend on other hobbies such as golf, bowling, sports, games, and other things that you probably dont need. What is it worth for you to have year round vegetables available for you to pick right off of the stem? For us it is a no brainer, it is worth every penny! Once the system is setup the running costs are minimal and the production is just getting started here so lets see how much food we can produce!
Now, on to the matter of running costs. Many people have asked about the lights and what they cost to run as well as the rest of the system. I have made some estimations here and attempted to calculate an accurate monthly cost to run this system. The calculations are based on 12 hour run times on the lights at .13 cents per kwh (kilowatt hour).
Running costs -
Lights - There are 32 light bulbs combined between all four lights. Each light consumes 23 watts of power for a total of 736 watts. This can be converted into kwh by first converting 736 watts into kw (kilowatts) 736/1000 = .74 kw. this can then be converted into kwh (kilowatt hours) by multiplying by the number of hours the lights are run. I normally run the lights for 12 hours so that makes .74 X 12 for a total of 8.8 kwhs. I currently am paying about .13 cents per kwh with my power company so to calculate the total cost per day I take 8.8 X .13 = $1.14. For one month that is about $34.
Pumps - I have one small air pump and a small water pump, both are estimated at less 12 watts combines power consumption. Using the same calculations as above (((12/1000 * 24)*30) it comes out to about $1.13 per month.
Aquarium heater - This is estimated at about 300kwh per year based on running it at about 70 degrees. Using the same calculations as above ((300 X .13)/12) that comes out to $3.25 per month.
Total month costs - $34+$1.13+$3.25 = $38.38.
So for just over $1 per day you can have fresh produce growing right in your home 365 days a year! When you relate the monthly cost to so many of the other things that we pay monthly for, Netflix, cable bills, cell phones, data plans, XM radio, hobbies, and other unnecessary things you can easily justify growing your own food indoors. In the end it comes down to what is important to you and your family, yes we can go out and buy fresh produce in the winter. But, where does it come from? Mexico, Brazil, some other far away country? How long has that been frozen or in a truck or airplane? What chemicals were put on it to make it look nice for you at the store? The ultimate goal for us here is to grow enough in the summer to get us through the winter through preserving and canning our fresh food. However, this system will always have a place in our home producing fish and produce for us year round! I hope this info has helped you in your own aquaponics build, happy building!
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Selasa, 17 Mei 2016
Making an oil lamp
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Two DIY Oil Lamps - Soot is from blowing out the wick instead of dowsing it in oilHurricane Sandy is hovering over us at the moment. Since we expect power to go out today (and stay off for several days), I thought Id share how to make a simple oil lamp from materials most people have at home. Youll need: pliers (needle nose pliers are best) a thick glass jar or glass (works with goblets as well) oil (olive oil is ideal if you have it) wick (can make from cotton cloth if you dont have wicks) Twist a coil in the end of your wire. This will hold the wick and prevent the flame from burning down the wick. Bend the wire so the wick is held in the center of your jar. It helps to bend a small loop...
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Step-by-Step How to Build Your Own Aquaponics System Join us -What Will be the Most Suitable Fish for Aquaponics Aquaponic farming can offer you wonderful satisfactions: tasty and low cost vegetables and legumes too as healthy fish during all year round. Even so, in an effort to acquire the top results you are going to initial ought to have some basic info about what aquaponics indicates and how are you able to make the most of it. Aquaponics is really a new variety of farming which relays on the symbiosis in between the plants and the fish. This means that the fish gives the plants the necessary food whilst the plants, by feeding around the fishSimple Measures To Aquaponic FarmingPlanting...
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Aquaponics is an easy activity which will provide you with the necessary vegetables and fish in a short amount of time. Read More! -Advantages of Aquaponic Farming Aquaponics can be a new way of approaching farming. Unlike classic agriculture where you necessary plants to grow vegetables, with aquaponics you will need water and fish to be able to have healthful meals on your table every single day. Generally, aquaponics relies on the interdependence among fish and plants: the fish produces bio-nutrients for the plants, even though the plants clean the water, making a perfect atmosphere for the fish to develop and create. It is a blend of aquaculture and hydroponics which has lots of benefits....
Pollinating Indoor Plants Without Bees Cloning Tomato Plants
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Have you ever wondered how plants in an indoor aquaponics system get pollinated? This is a bit of an issue because no one wants bees living inside their house. Well, my husband has found a very simple way to pollinate the vegetable plants growing in our basement using a tiny paintbrush. He is also "cloning" the tomato plants in our aquaponics system and planting the new plants in our outdoor gardens. Tomato plants have a unique quality which allows you to clip their branches and replant them to start a new tomato plant. We have been very successful cloning the tomato plants growing in our aquaponics system. We automatically have a jump-start on our...
Senin, 16 Mei 2016
Bell Siphon the Parts List
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Folks have been asking for parts lists and drawings on how to put this together. So Ive (finally!) put together a parts list, complete with links to the product pages for these bits on the Home Depot website. Bernoulli Standpipe 1" slip to 3/4" male pipe thread (MPT) adapter - $0.77 3/4 in. Sch. 40 PVC Pressure Slip x FPT Adapter - $0.44 5.5 inch length of 3/4 in. PVC Schedule 40 Pipe - $1.97 for 10 feet, $1.15 for 2 feet Inexpensive Bulkhead Fitting 3/4 in. Male Terminal Adapter - $0.46 [A 1 inch diameter hole drilled through the bottom of your grow bed] #18 O-ring - $2.27 [for Box of 10] 3/4 in. Female Conduit Adapter - $0.50 Coanda Discharge 5 inch length of 3/4 in. PVC Schedule 40 Pipe...
Minggu, 15 Mei 2016
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Complete Step-By-Step Instruction On How To Build A Fully Functional Aquaponics System Using Simple Components! Visit NOW! -Basic Things You need to understand About Aquaponics In case you are pondering of establishing your own personal aquaponic technique but are nonetheless not quite conscious of what this presupposes, then listed below are some issues which will enable you to realize greater its needs. The very first factor you will need to understand about this method is the fact that it combines the principles of aquaculture with these of hydroponic gardening, thus resulting a new and highly efficient way of increasing plants and fish at the same time. Having a tank of no greater than...
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