Aquaponics - Peas

Peas are one of my favourite reasons for visiting my aquaponics system.

I don't grow enough of them to use them for meals, but just enough to snack on when I'm  getting some salad leaves, feasting on strawberries, or just sitting in the system enjoying the way my little eco-system plays out it's daily life.

I spend a lot of time in there watching.

Often watching insects, but sometimes just looking at my tomato ripening.

It's a slow kind of way to spend a few minutes.

It's even better when you are also eating a pea.








120 Things in 20 years - Just eating peas in my aquaponics system.

Aquaponics Unhappy peas

I think my peas are officially unhappy.

They appear to be slowly losing their grip on the business of growing, staying alive, and making me peas.

Interestingly, this leads me to a question I'll be asking but not answering right away, because I'm yet to find out.

There are a few plant diseases that, once your garden contracts them, render your patch useless for that type of plant for some number of years.

It occurs to me that the soil must get infected.

It also occurs to me that I have no idea if the same would apply to growing plants in a media like gravel or scoria.

I'll find out.

Aquaponics - Spring has sprung

I love spring.

I sneeze a lot, but I still love it.

I'm in the southern hemisphere, so its spring.

I wont use the word spring in the post again.

Because I've been busy studying electronics, I find it a real relief to walk out into the grow house every so often, and smell the roses so to speak. I don't actually have roses, but I have these.

Peas

Beans

Cucumber

Tomato




spring

Strawberry (18 on that little plant so far)













and more.


Watching plants grow, and fish swim, is the cure for study.


not just Aquaponics - Spring has sprung - 120 Things in 20 years