SYNAPTOMAN
A blog by synaptoman
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Musings of a Post-Millenium Mystic
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Aquaponics 101 – Let the training begin
With the training system at Harkerville, Knysna complete, we are now scheduling our Practical Aquaponics training courses. This intensive hands-on course includes both theoretical and practical training in all aspects of Aquaponics (AP) from design, building and commissioning a system to day-to-day maintenance and trouble-shooting. Some topics covered in
Aquaponics 101 – Festive Building
A very Happy New Year to all of my readers. Believe it or not, we have worked straight through on the new system with the exception of the Christmas and New Year long weekends. The system is coming along nicely and the only problem encountered so far has been
Aquaponics 101 – Another Day, Another System
I have recently been commissioined to build a small Aquaponic system for a B&B in the forest near Knysna. The intention, is that this system will eventually become a training facility and I will conduct Aquaponic (AP)courses from the site. The delegates will stay at the B&B
Aquaponics 101 – How does your garden grow?
Let me tell you a little secret about goldfish that you won’t find in the text books. They like change. Is that it? Yes, that’s it, they like change. “So why are you telling us this?”, you may ask. Well goldfish like change so much that it drives them
The Clay Oven – Buy the eBook
With the clay oven project now completed and with much encouragement and support from my mates over at The Survival Podcast in the US, I have just completed a comprehensive how-to guide on building and using a traditional clay oven. This user-friendly eBook is jam packed with step-by-step instructions,
Aquaponics 101 – Airlift Tilapia Incubator.
In my never-ending quest to build the ultimate incubator for Tilapia eggs, I have built at least 5 prototypes, none of which worked exactly the way I planned. Summarised below are some of the problems that I have encountered in my experiments. The eggs were not “tumbled”
The Clay Oven – The Proof of the Pudding
Well the oven looks good, it’s dimensions are correct, it seems to fire OK and hold it’s heat. But does it work? Well today we set out to prove (or disprove) a theory that you can make an oven out of clay from your own garden. Step
The Clay Oven – Update #7
With the insulating layer completed, I proceeded to fire the oven every evening. As the inner layer gets harder, I can build bigger fires and raise the inside temperatures. The insulating layer fired well and the temperature caused the straw in the clay to almost char and we could
The Clay Oven – Update #6
The second layer of the clay oven is an insulating layer. It consists of the same clay/sand mix described previously but with the addition of an insulating material. I decided on straw. This mixture is known as a “cob” mix and has been used in building and insulating for
The Clay Oven – Update #5
The moment of truth had arrived. I tentatively removed the yellow board holding back the sand form and then carefully pulled out the support holding up the door frame. Nothing moved, broke or sagged………….initially. Then just at the top right of the door, the edge of the inner
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