The Adventures of Bigelow Brook Farm

This is a time-lapsed video showing me building a deep water culture (DWC) bed and a media bed. For details about the entire build, please see this video series:   Youtube playlist

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/12/building-aquaponic-grow-beds-time-lapsed.html

This is the easiest and cheapest way I've found to eliminate powdery mildew on my plants.  It has never failed me!  I'm doing this in the aquaponic greenhouse, but this can be done indoors or a...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/11/controlling-powdery-mildew.html

How we maintain good water quality in our AP system

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/11/testing-water-in-our-aquaponic-system.html

Just a quick video on how I clone my tomato plants.  Only one plant was grown from seed in the greenhouse and everything else has been cloned.

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/11/cloning-tomatoes.html

When I originally designed the aquaponic system, I knew that there was going to be a couple of spots that could potentially become a problem.  Now that the system is running, I've decided to add...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/11/when-i-originally-designed-aquaponic.html

After a few prototypes, a few burns, and singeing the hair off of my hands, here's my solution to burning pellets in a rocket mass heater.  Burns hot and super clean.

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/10/burning-pellets-in-rocket-mass-heater.html

In September, we went to the Aquaponics Association Conference and participated in the farm tours. The Association was kind enough to let me film the tours and share it with you. Just make sure y...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/10/aquaponic-association-farm-tour.html

I finally finished up the solar setup for the geodesic dome. It's amazing how you have to watch every watt you're consuming when you're not connected to the power company!

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/10/going-off-grid.html

This is a time-lapse video of the complete construction project for the geodesic dome. There are 1555 images taken over the last 1.5 years.  What you can't see is all the work that's done prepar...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/09/building-aquaponic-geodesic-dome.html

Here's a short video of my monster cucumber plant. It will be interesting to see how much more it grows before winter sets in. I"m hoping to keep the greenhouse warm enough to keep it going!

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/08/epic-cucumber-time.html

Here's a few things that I do for general maintenance in the aquaponic system. There really is little work that I have to do on it!

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/08/aquaponic-maintenance.html

I’m sad to say that our favorite fish died today. “Bob” was a feeder fish that was won by my daughter at a local fair from a ping-pong ball toss game about 8 years ago. Over the years he gr...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/08/goodbye-bette.html

Hello to all my friends! A follower has let me know that he saw one of my videos posted on another user’s YouTube channel.  I greatly appreciate the fact that they brought this to my attent...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/08/theft.html

I forgot to include a few video clips in "Aquaponic System Install - 3 of 3" so here's a mini-video about a dipstick. ;-)

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/08/dipstick.html

Why build support posts when you can use a super-strong dome?!?! I needed to come up with a way to support and spread out some of my vine plants in the greenhouse. By removing a nut on the hubs ...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/08/hanging-it-all-on-line.html

This is the last of the series on how my aquaponics system is put together.  It details how the media and raft-based beds are designed and assembled. This video shows how the various grow beds...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/07/building-aquaponic-system-part-2-of-3_30.html

This is the second video in my series on how the aquaponic system is set up in the geodesic dome.  It details how all the plumbing is done. In this second video, I’ll show how all the remaini...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/07/building-aquaponic-system-part-2-of-3.html

Here is the first of three videos on how the aquaponic system is assembled in the geodesic dome.  This first video recaps some of the installation that was done during the dome construction and ...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/07/building-aquaponic-system-part-1-of-3.html

While I was filming my latest video, this butterfly landed on my hand.  In the past, I’ve received several questions about why I don’t put screens on the greenhouse vents…this is why! ...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/07/butterfly.html

Time to add to my laziness and add some more automation.  I no longer have to feed the fish a few times a day...however I still like to just stand there an watch them.  What is it about them th...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/07/automatic-fish-feeder.html

I finally get to work on some of the more exciting things in the dome.  Automation!!!  I love being lazy! A few years ago I made up some vent openers which use windshield wiper motors. They wo...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/06/adding-automatic-vent-openers.html

I put all the dome videos together in this nice index video.  Just click on the one you want to watch! Also, Here's a play list that you can click on to queue them all in a row: YouTube Playli...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/06/all-dome-videos.html

This is the final video about construction the aquaponic geodesic dome greenhouse. Don't worry, there are still more videos about the aquaponic system and other projects we're working on! Hi Eve...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/05/geodesic-dome-greenhouse-part-12-end.html

This is an explanation of how a traditional bell siphon operates. It goes into some of the physics of how the auto siphon gets started and stops. One of the biggest problems I've run into is gett...

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/05/better-bell-siphon.html

I installed 2 viewing windows in my 1000 gallon stock tank for the aquaponic system.

http://web4deb.blogspot.com/2012/04/install-tank-window.html