A question we get is, “What do you feed your fish?” I think people are concerned because of what other countries tend to feed their tilapia. We don’t feed them undesirable things and we also haven’t broken the bank on the amount of feed we’ve needed to purchase.
We are still working on fine tuning all the details in making our aquaponics system run smoothly. A little at a time we’re figuring it out… then a new problem arises…
Not too many changes or happenings this month in our aquaponics system. The fish and the plants are growing nicely.
We planted most of our garden throughout May. Some stuff was planted earlier than others, some things were started inside & some were planted right in the garden rows. We planted everything from seed & didn’t buy any starts this year. It seems like the garden is off to a slow start, but there’s a …
There’s definitely a lot going on with the aquaponics system, but it’s a lot of trial & error. Farmer John is still trying to figure out what works best. Meanwhile, the tilapia are growing rather quickly.
May is busy, busy, busy – mostly prepping the gardens for summer. We also have been busy with the aquaponics, installing a pond & keeping critters.
The most exciting thing happened this month. We got our tilapia! Fifty of them. Farmer John also worked on getting the plumbing & heating all figured out.
