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Jeff's Aquaponics

@barriault

Adventures in aquaponics and small scale farming from our homestead in Santa Fe, TX. Maybe a little photography thrown in there too just for fun.

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Jun 7, 2019, 8:46 PM UTC

DIY Pacifist Wire Head (Wire Hoe/Cultivator)

So to go along with the DIY Mutineer Hoe Handle I made the other day, I made several different wire hoe/cultivator attachments. Johnny's sells these, and once again I thought the $15 price tag was a…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Jun 3, 2019, 1:59 PM UTC

DIY Mutineer Hoe Handle

Johnny's sells a Mutineer Hoe Handle for $49 plus shipping. I thought that was a little expensive so I decided to try and make my own. I went down to my local Home Depot and bought a handle for about…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Jul 4, 2018, 2:17 PM UTC

I Stuck Gold

Click image to view full size. This is a wonderful pile of composted horse manure at my neighbor's next door. Having access to it for free is like striking gold. Yesterday I dumped a bunch of it onto…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Jun 21, 2018, 11:41 PM UTC

Finished the Eggplanting

The rain finally stopped and I was able to get the last of the eggplant planted. This variety didn’t germinate as well so I don’t have full rows. Oh well, I’m sure they’ll still produce plenty for ma…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Jun 20, 2018, 5:22 PM UTC

Eggplanting . . .

This morning I managed to get some fertilizer down, lightly till, and plant half of my fall eggplant before the rain. This is Orient Express, a long purple Asian variety. The second row will be Pect…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Jun 19, 2018, 1:01 PM UTC

Life Changing Tool

I got myself an EarthWay Precision Seeder a few days ago. It took me around 20 minutes to plant about 20 rows of sweet corn. Why, oh why did I wait so long to get one of these? It’s been raining for…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault May 8, 2018, 5:53 PM UTC

What's for Dinner?

Click image to view full size. Being part of several farmers markets has incredible benefits. For instance, look at this wonderful wok of stir fried veggies from last night's dinner. In addition to t…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault May 7, 2018, 1:11 PM UTC

May 2018 Farm Update

Quick walk around of what's growing on here at the farm. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault May 1, 2018, 11:08 AM UTC

Farm Update

Well it has been a busy couple of months here on the farm. I figured I'd just do a quick update this morning and show off how some of the stuff is growing. The tomatoes are looking pretty decent. No…

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Jeff's Aquaponics
@barriault Mar 13, 2018, 8:17 PM UTC

Aquaponic Strawberries

Today I added another 50 goldfish to the vertical aquaponics system. That brings the total to 200. Only 50 more to go. I'll add the last of them in a couple of weeks. I was happy to see that I have a…

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