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Category: Food Production

Food production

Finish Photos

Some photos of the near-finished product. We are still putting finishing touches, but have Certificate of Occupancy. YAY!

Kitchen in use by the head chef
Papaya

More photos below

Continue reading Finish Photos

Format GalleryPosted on January 7, 2016January 10, 2016Categories Food Production, Living Space, UtilitiesLeave a comment on Finish Photos

Stock Pod

Who says the animals can’t have a cool house too?

Continue reading Stock Pod

Posted on April 5, 2014Categories Food ProductionLeave a comment on Stock Pod

Potting to poverty

A couple of minutes after I designed the planter came the question – what am I going to fill it with. A 1.5 cubic foot bag of potting soil is $10 – and i will need about 2000 of those. Continue reading Potting to poverty

Posted on April 5, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Food ProductionLeave a comment on Potting to poverty

Planting Bubbles

Planter aeration is a new concept. First gray water will run along the bottom so the top of the planter will be dry. Continue reading Planting Bubbles

Posted on April 5, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Food ProductionLeave a comment on Planting Bubbles

Flipping Air – 16,000 cubic feet

Commercial greenhouses have enough ventilation to flip the air in 1 min. This greenhouse is 16,000 cubic feet. Continue reading Flipping Air – 16,000 cubic feet

Posted on April 5, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Food Production, Living SpaceLeave a comment on Flipping Air – 16,000 cubic feet

Plants Aloft

Use of growing platforms to utilize loft area of greenhouse.  Catwalks are expensive and expensive to make safe.  Move the  plants. Continue reading Plants Aloft

Posted on April 1, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Cool Designs, Food ProductionLeave a comment on Plants Aloft

Yep…. Migrating Trees

Added a swingwall to the upper loft to enable us to have pineapple and other plants outside in summer but winter inside.   Continue reading Yep…. Migrating Trees

Posted on April 1, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Cool Designs, Food ProductionLeave a comment on Yep…. Migrating Trees

Ultraponics – Premium Aqua Crops

Who cares about tilapia at $4 a pound – when you can raise mongo shrimp worth $14?  Continue reading Ultraponics – Premium Aqua Crops

Posted on April 1, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Food ProductionLeave a comment on Ultraponics – Premium Aqua Crops

Greenhouse Planter Design

Design of the greenhouse gray water planter as a system. Continue reading Greenhouse Planter Design

Posted on April 1, 2014April 5, 2014Categories Cool Designs, Food ProductionLeave a comment on Greenhouse Planter Design
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