Tag: design

  • THE LOST WAYS Third Edition

    THE LOST WAYS Third Edition This book is dedicated to all the pioneers who overcame the toughest times and built one of the greatest nations of all. 3 Special thanks to all the authors for making this book possible: S. Patrick Susan Morrow Erik Bainbridge M. Taylor Theresa Anne DeMario Lex Rooker S. Walter Shannon…

  • Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution — An Interview with Bill Mollison

    Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution — An Interview with Bill Mollison By Scott London Bill Mollison calls himself a field biologist and itinerant teacher. But it would be more accurate to describe him as an instigator. When he published Permaculture One in 1978, he launched an international land-use movement many regard as subversive, even revolutionary. Permaculture — from permanent and agriculture —…

  • Acceptance speech – Bill Mollison

    All my life we’ve been at war with nature. I just pray that we lose that war. There are no winners in that war… Acceptance speech – Bill Mollison I grew up in a small village in Tasmania. I was born in 1928, but my village might have existed in the 11th century. We didn’t…

  • KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSIT Y AQUAPONICS Production Manual A Practical Handbook for Growers *needs work

    A Practical Handbook for Growers source; http://www.ksuaquaculture.org/PDFs/aquaponics_handbook_2021_final_022421.pdf AQUAPONICS Production Manual KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSIT Y JANELLE HAGER LEIGH ANNE BRIGHT JOSH DUSCI JAMES TIDWELL • • • Janelle Hager Research and Extension Associate Aquaponics Kentucky State University janelle.hager@kysu.edu Leigh Anne Bright Senior Research Associate and Assistant Graduate Coordinator Kentucky State University leighanne.bright@kysu.edu Josh Dusci Graduate Research…

  • Fish gill

    Fish gill 5 languages Article Talk Read Edit View history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: Fish respiration Gill arches bearing gills in a pike. Gills allow fish to breathe underwater. Respiratory mechanism in bony fish The fish draws oxygen-rich water in through the mouth (left). It then pumps it over gills so oxygen enters the bloodstream,…

  • Welcome to iAVs Sandgardening.

    iAVs Sandponics Is a symbiotic polyculture – it’s the integration of horticulture and aquaculture. Produces food using the metabolic wastes of fish. Produces more food for less water. Produces clean fresh organic food – anywhere. Produces a wide variety of food crops – in any season. Allows food production without harm to the planet. Infinitely…

  • Module 9 – Summary

    Summary Think of building an iAVs as being like baking a cake. Recipes are guidelines that allow home cooks to produce a satisying result – without the need to acquire the knowledge and skills that would otherwise be required if you did not have the recipe.  A recipe is a “quick start up guide” – a means…

  • Module 8 – Operate

    Operate If you’ve reached this point, please accept our heartiest congratulations. You just became a sandgardener…with skin in the game. If you’re following our lead, your new system has been running for a couple of days. One of the core goals of the iAVs irrigation regime is to remove not less than 25% of the fish…

  • Module 7 – Plants

    Plants In the previous section, we said… “If you’ve never kept fish before, you may be faintly hesitant at the prospect. Relax!    When you operate an authentic iAVs, you are engaging in freshwater aquaculture in its simplest and most cost-effective way. Freshwater aquaculture has been the subject of many doctorates…and its experts have published many…

  • Module 5 – Setup

    Set Up NOTE:  This is probably the most important section in this course.  Sand is the most cost-effective filtration media anywhere! And therein lies a problem. You see, if you pour water containing organic matter onto sand, the organics will be trapped on the surface where they will eventually build up to the point where the…