vahtryn
10-24-2011, 05:59 PM
Well thought I'd toss up some pictures on my urban farm. I don't have any of the plants right now as they're still sprouting and growing. Also in the process of figuring out how we're gonna do container, vertical and aquaponic gardening completely with in the yard. Things change daily.
Mind you we're doing this with as many reclaimed, recycled and found materials as possible. We're doing this dirt (pun intended) cheap. Just about everything so far has been from recycled materials or found materials. Once we finish up how the garden is really going to work and do the plumbing for the aquaponics I'll have more pictures. Can't wait to raise 40 tilapia!
The thing is we also have a terribly small yard so trying to figure out how to produce as much food as possible in as limited space there is is key to this being successful. That is why we're going with multiple routes of creating types of food. The aquaponics is my dream and I want to utilize that to create a nonprofit and take over abandoned lots. Rabbits work better for our yard than say chickens because they're quiet and their crap is easier to clean up than fowl. As this continues to grow (yes another pun) I'll add more pictures.
I'll also add the plans and parts for the aquaponics system and take pictures as we build that out fully. It's a process and a fun one at that. Definitely a learning curve on it as I haven't actually lived on a farm since I was 16 and moved out on my own. Have a lot of things to remember.
So here's what we have so far in order to sustain ourselves by growing and raising our own food in a small *** yard of a ware house near down town San Diego.
The Fish tank
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/9293/2011092813460247.jpg
The Grow Beds
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/400/20110928134611569.jpg
Grow beds and fish tank
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4695/20110928134618175.jpg
Meat the meat, the buck is aptly named Buck, the two does are named Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4521/20111023142523583.jpg
Daffy's first experience with rabbits.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7076/20111023145248674.jpg
Here's the entire hutch.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2883/20111023145253563.jpg
Mind you we're doing this with as many reclaimed, recycled and found materials as possible. We're doing this dirt (pun intended) cheap. Just about everything so far has been from recycled materials or found materials. Once we finish up how the garden is really going to work and do the plumbing for the aquaponics I'll have more pictures. Can't wait to raise 40 tilapia!
The thing is we also have a terribly small yard so trying to figure out how to produce as much food as possible in as limited space there is is key to this being successful. That is why we're going with multiple routes of creating types of food. The aquaponics is my dream and I want to utilize that to create a nonprofit and take over abandoned lots. Rabbits work better for our yard than say chickens because they're quiet and their crap is easier to clean up than fowl. As this continues to grow (yes another pun) I'll add more pictures.
I'll also add the plans and parts for the aquaponics system and take pictures as we build that out fully. It's a process and a fun one at that. Definitely a learning curve on it as I haven't actually lived on a farm since I was 16 and moved out on my own. Have a lot of things to remember.
So here's what we have so far in order to sustain ourselves by growing and raising our own food in a small *** yard of a ware house near down town San Diego.
The Fish tank
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/9293/2011092813460247.jpg
The Grow Beds
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/400/20110928134611569.jpg
Grow beds and fish tank
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4695/20110928134618175.jpg
Meat the meat, the buck is aptly named Buck, the two does are named Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4521/20111023142523583.jpg
Daffy's first experience with rabbits.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7076/20111023145248674.jpg
Here's the entire hutch.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2883/20111023145253563.jpg