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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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Fresh Basil

Used this little top for a great sauce.

Ebb and flow

Flow mode - 15 minute flood every 12 hours

Aeroponic peppers

Everything begins with a solid, liquid and a gas.

The seeds of life. Earth, water, air and sun.

The early stages

Thank you to Laurel for the use of her blanket to block the outdoors. 450 Watt metal halide - 18 hours on / 6 hours off. This replicates mother natures vegetative stage.

Basil forever - Hydroponic

70 days from seed - PH 6.0 / H2o temp 65 - 70 / RH - 50 % / Ait Temp 68 - 82 / 450 Watt sodium - 18 hours on and 6 hours off.

Aeroponic

Under the Hood

The Garden Guardian

Indoor Vegetable Garden. NO SOIL

Disney has a larger version they call the land. 66 days before that picture was taken those were all seeds. I also planted in the middle of winter.

Aeroponic Peppers

Bismark the cat.

He watched the garden when I am not around.

Sunflower 42 days from seed

It's always sunny above the clouds

Fresh Chamomile

locally grown. Inside my spare bedroom. Organic, pesticide free and delicious.

Pepper Roots

47 days from seed. Once I perfected managing the PH, nutrients and light it was off to the races.

Fresh basil seeds for the next crop - Cost? nothing

Ebb & Flow

Backyard Grey Water System

PVC attached to clothes washer drain. 30 % of your water usage is from that washer you have. Plants love soapy water. By hooking up a simple greywater system you water your plants, soap is a natural pesticide and you also tax the sewer system much less. Drill a few holes in the PVC to drain into the yard and you have luscious vegitation.

Grey Water Link to the Washer

Simplicity is the essence of perfection.

Sunflower base - aeroponic.

A few clay pellets to stabalize the weight.

Greywater

Exit point for water into yard from washer. The water can also be stored in a cistern and used to flush your toilets. That will knock 35% off of your water bill. Lower the tank size on the toilet to a lower gallonage can save some $$ as well if you don't want to recycle grey water.

Peppers arrive

3 peppers - aeroponic

Green

Peppers, Basil, Mint, Parsley all living happily together

Roots Rule

Sage roots with some parsley sneaking in.

Ebb & Flow

Every 12 hours a timer activates and fills the base with fresh airated water. This will circulate for 15 minutes and the drain. The water entering forces the old oxygen out and then when it drains it pulls in fresh oxyginated air. The medium is rockwool - ph 5.5 - 6.5 - h2o temp 60 - 65 F. RH - 45 - 75 %