Category : Aquaponics

More Expansion

More Expansion

Today we brought a second fish tank online. We have been running a little low on nutrients and this will allow us to add more fish stock and get these

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It’s Go Time

It’s Go Time

So from a pile of PVC and lumber in the back of my truck to planting our first lettuce in the expansion….it’s been a busy couple of months but it

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Go Time!!

From a truck load of lumber to water flowing…we put our first planting in this week. Very exciting times! Keep checking back for updates.

More prepping.

More prepping.

Today I got the germination tent all set up. My old LED light had one of the COB’s go out so I bypassed it. For this application being one element

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Starting to ramp up

Starting to ramp up

There is quite a buz going on here at K&I. Getting ready to expand out to 224 NFT planting holes. Stay Tuned!

Winter is here!

Here in Louisville, we have seemed to bypass the fall season. Summer almost straight into winter. We are working on keeping the fish warm.

Farmer Joe

Farmer Joe

Joe had to clean out the duck coop and move the spent straw over to the grow beds.  We feed the duck certified organic food.

Farming is work!

Farming is work!

Spent the morning picking up wood chips, putting up some strings to help support the tomatoes and harvesting some okra and mustard greens. Also observed a nice Monarch butterfly. It

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Veggie Planting

Veggie Planting

Re-tested my water this afternoon. It looks like the nitrites are going down, the pH is up a bit and the nitrates are down. I will check again tomorrow and

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Lettuce is popping

Lettuce is popping

The lettuce in the system is looking good.  Around 3 weeks planted in the aquaponic system. Ordered some more fish this evening so I can increase the nutrient output.  Look

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