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    Aquaponics Explained: Feeding Your Fish

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 17, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

    In an aquaponics system the fish feed is the main input.  The quality of feed you select not only determines the health of your fish, but also considerably affects the health of your plants.  The old adage “GIGO” or “Garbage In Garbage Out” definitely applies to the role of fish feed in aquaponics!
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    THE WORLD OF WORMS

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

    “A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.”
    ~William Shakespeare.
    Let’s hear it for worms! They not only help to increase the amount of air and water that gets into the soil, but they also play a key part in breaking [...]

    Aquaponics Explained – Part 2

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

    Welcome back to the aquaponics revolution.
    In the last issue we talked about just what aquaponics is (the marriage of aquaculture and hydroponics) and how it works. I described system types and then went into some detail about the creatures that live in a media-based aquaponics system: fish, plants, bacteria, and worms.
    This article is the second [...]

    Soil & Organics: Vermicomposting 101

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    We all want to use items that increase our garden’s fertility in the hopes of explosive yields. With that as our aim, there is one item that stands out as a must-have for all soil and soil-less gardens: worm castings. Vermicomposting is the use of worms to break down organic material. Worm castings are the result of their digestion process. This process will give you some of the highest quality castings available and help you create a more technical and successful garden experience without a lot of effort.

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