Im building an aquaponic hoophouse

[spuds]

Add 95 dollars for redwood strips for tacking on cover.

Nothing much happened,life got in the way more less,but things are growing GREAT!

Got a strawberry,about 75% of them transplanted well.



Have 6 celery roots now,3 big,3 starting





Got some plants from grocery store veggie section,watercress,Basil and dill

WC and dill,wc on left about 2 weeks planted,dill and wc on right planted today,they need to perk up a bit yet



Basil,2 on left planted today,on right in 2 weeks.Check out that growth!!



The tomatoes are amazing,that stalk has sprouted 2 stems on bottom,and has a couple flowers up top,tomatoes are astounding!





Finally have about 10 spider plant babies,so far so good ,in about 4-5 days



Running 30 mins on,30 minutes off from 7am to 7pm,then 30 minutes every four hours at night.
I am sooooo pleased with how its doing,just amazing and grows every day.Very successful so far.

[Las Vegan Cajun]

Good looking growth spuds, nice pictures. 

[SmokinKat]

Wow, no kidding, those are growing amazingly!   Your celery plants look a lot less pathetic than the one I've got in my windowsill!   

What a great pay off for all that hard work you've put into it!!

[spuds]

Wow, no kidding, those are growing amazingly!   Your celery plants look a lot less pathetic than the one I've got in my windowsill!   

What a great pay off for all that hard work you've put into it!!

Surfing last night ran into a woman who takes her celery and leaves a few of the inner stalks on the root for planting and is getting full size celery in a couple months,then harvests stalks here and there off of them as needed. Next ones I plant I will try that method. Bud says his did great on hydroponics,but I didnt see them,durn it.

Cant wait til next spring,Im going to try sweet and regular potatoes,I so want to successfully grow potatoes.

Added a couple lettuce,trimmed green leaf roots





Gotta treat the Ladies...

[spuds]

Still a ton of room in these 2 beds





Fish are doing well and getting friendly,lost about 6,RAB is still doing OK,tank temp +/-  65F

[Las Vegan Cajun]

Great pictures spuds, fish look happy. 

[spuds]

Great pictures spuds, fish look happy. 

Thanks Ralph!  back at ya!

[CDN Smoker]

Just amazing Carl, I'm so impressed with what your doing

[spuds]

Just amazing Carl, I'm so impressed with what your doing

Thanks Drew,hope all is well up your way,best to the Mrs!

[spuds]

Went down the hill to the park and got the plastic cut,no room in yard to do that.HOPE its cut right.Of course,the wind has to blow.

Picked up a Napa cabbage,a celery I'll plant with the center stalks intact and a pineapple to add their roots to garden,RAB died today.

Its supposed to freeze further up the Hill tonight,fall is certainly here now.

[spuds]

Got the purlins up,this is where the most of the plastic cover will attach to. Too bad wind is happening,cover is ready to go on almost.



Cut down a Dogwood tree that was overhanging the Hoophouse,came down a lot easier than I thought it would.





Raccoons getting into beds,they are in for a big surprise when the electric fence goes up!

[spuds]

Weather cooperated today,the structure is finished.All thats left is to get a few spots spray painted on the hoops and cover can go on.

Today got in the window.

[teesquare]

This is an impressive project Spuds. Really glad you shared this with us -

[SmokinKat]

Holy cow, that is coming together great!!! Hopefully the wind will be mellow for you so you can get the final cover onto it!   

[spuds]

Here it is,all thats left is to trim it in.Shame,raccoons destroyed the beds,had em loaded with fine looking plants.So this is about it for a while...