Tag: plants
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future living
I ran across the phrase, “Live the Future.” This made me pause, take a few breaths, and think, “Yes, I need to get out of remembering the past.” For, on a different blog, I have been writing about the past five years of my life, years that have seen me careen through many unanticipated and…
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my plants: an update
Some good news! Some of my plants, which I though dead, have survived (see previous post)! I’m sure there are multiple positive, sometimes cheesy life applications I could dredge up and spew forth. Such as: “It is always darkest before the dawn” “Life rises from the ashes, never give up hope” “You’re writing a new…
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waldo
Meet my companion Waldo (he’s the striped snail), a gift from my adopted daughter. I search for him often, and with my gentle coaxing, he has survived for three days. He lives in the bottom of my two-tiered fountain (gift from a friend), which I am trying to turn into an aquaponic habitat, with mixed…
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aquaphonics
“Aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture with hydroponics whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically-grown plants, where nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into nitrates.” That is my goal for the fountain gifted to me. It’s been a nice diversion, assembling and creating aesthetic appeal. However, my success selecting proper plants and…