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  • 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…

  • FIGURING OUT WHEN AMMONIUM LEVELS ARE TOO HIGH

    FIGURING OUT WHEN AMMONIUM LEVELS ARE TOO HIGH… September 10, 2012 I had a minor freakout at the polytunnel today when on testing the ammonium levels were at 3mg/l. So why are the fish not even the teenyest bit dead? Here they all are – not one lost by the way since aquiring them… yet even…

  • 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…

  • 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 6 – Fish

    Fish If you’ve never kept fish before, you may be faintly hesitant at the prospect. Relax! When you operate 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 substantial books. My point is that in…

  • Module 2 – Water

    Water Water that is suitable for sandgardening is free of chemicals and pollutants.  It’s potable – which means that it’s fit for human consumption and, – by extension – fit for growing food. Water sources include: Rainwater Mains – the municipal supply Rivers and lakes Wells and ponds There’s everything to like about rainwater. It’s free – and it’s the…

  • Module 1 – Sand

    Sand No Sand – No Civilisation Sand is a benign substance that resides in the back of our minds. For most of us, it holds no more day-to-day interest than the rocks and roads – and the other physical aspects of our environment. We know that it exists but it hardly warrants a thought. But,…

  • Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers

    Improved tomato yield and quality by altering soil physicochemical properties and nitrification processes in the combined use of organic-inorganic fertilizers Author links open overlay panelWeijian Wu a 1, Zhong Lin a c 1, Xiaoping Zhu b, Gaoyang Li a, Weijian Zhang a, Yijie Chen a, Lei Ren a, Shuwen Luo a, Haihong Lin a, Hongkai Zhou a, Yongxiang Huang a, Rongchao Yang a, Yucheng Xie d, Xinzi Wang d, Zhen Zhen a, Dayi Zhang e Show more Add to Mendeley Share Cite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2022.103384Get rights and content Highlights • Combined use of cow manures and inorganic fertilizers improved tomato yield and quality. • Cow manure neutralizes soil pH,…