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21 Mar ’14
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The build is going well even though it's going really really slow. We have several more raised beds built and in place but haven't had time to fill more than two of them and we've only planted one bed. Hopefully tomorrow we will get one more bed slapped together and have time to fill in and plant the rest. It seems like everything in my life has come together to interfere with my gardening plans this spring, but I am determined to get the rest of the garden in place and planted by next weekend. After that we will start working on the tilapia tank a little more seriously. It's kind of sad, most of the garden doesn't even have soil yet and our herb seeds are already sprouting. Anyway, here is a pic from right before I had to come inside and start babysitting the one year old. The little guy is great except that when I have him outside it's a constant struggle to get him to stop eating rocks. I don't know why but he seems to like the way it feels to chew on them. One of these days I'll be able to garden with both of my kids outside with me. Maybe next year. . .
21 Mar ’14
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15 Feb ’12
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that looks outstanding
my daughter is 17 and still eats rocks 
21 Mar ’14
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Lol, i was so scared of ever having a teenage daughter that I got myself snipped two weeks after my second son popped out.
We were able to get our three new beds filled and planted and we planted our tomato beds. Five "homestead" variety and five cherry tomato plants. Here is what it looks like now. Hopefully in a week or two we'll have seedlings popping up everywhere. A little more green would really help the picture.
15 Feb ’12
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that looks really nice, good job quin
15 Feb ’12
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hows the beds working for you?
15 Feb ’12
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Came across this that I thought was interesting
I was over at the Portage Bay Grange this week and discovered this super cool urban duck pond. It’s rat proof, self cleaning, and solar powered. The way it works is that muddy duck water is pumped into a settling tank where bits of residue, settle to the bottom. Ten times a day, the still pretty muddy water from the settling tank gets pumped up onto the roof of the duck house where it’s filtered through puffed clay and sucked up by the roots of potted plants. The plants and the bacteria in the puffed clay work to soak up the nutrients in the muddy water and thereby help clean and filter it. The water then pours through hoses back into the duck pond, so the ducks get the sense that they are surrounded by waterfalls. When this happens, they have a great time diving and playing in the water.
The duck pond also has a little ramp for the ducks to waddle up and they can relax on a deck, lay eggs in their nesting boxes, or have a snack of duck food. The system is based on a similar system used for fish and plants called aquaponics.
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