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About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 22nd August 2014 3:05pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author BenW Kinglake West,3757,VIC 23rd August 2014 10:46am #UserID: 5390 Posts: 144 View All BenW's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Hi everyone, thanks for your help. I thought rice was just the germ of the seed? So its as simple as buying unpolished wholegrain rice from the shops. Sounds too easy :) Sternus1, ponds do refill themselves when it rains and fertilizer comes free from the compost heap if needed. Economic value is only one small aspect of why I love gardening, being outside in the sunshine, growing beautiful heirloom varieties, creating great meals out of fresh good quality/healthy produce and the joy or watching/learning how things grow and how nature does it work will provide me with far more value than the $2 it will cost to buy the seeds :) Thanks for your help everyone, ill give it a try. Will probably only make enough to have a bowl of rice but it'll be a fun way to utilize the pond for something other than growing mosquito's. Eventually id like to turn it into an attractive yet productive water garden. Thanks Steven | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 26th August 2014 1:59pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT1 says... Good on you, Steven. I think it's quite a romantic idea, growing rice :) If it does not work there are so many other things you can try. I only have a planter pond but it's productive - I feed my worms to the goldfish which in turns put nutrients in the water which I use in combination with worm wee as soil conditioner. I don't have a pump or filter so I manually remove water and add fresh water (unless it rains). | About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 26th August 2014 2:12pm #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Thanks Mary, I think its romantic too :) Sounds like you've got a great idea, Ive read alot about aquaculture its a great concept and you dont need much space for it at all if your creative. I found this pdf about it a while ago if your interested. Thanks Steven
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Steven says... haha, yeah that one is more for a commercial set out but you can downgrade it i guess. My idea was always to turn an unused 1000L water tank into a pond, place that in your garage and pump water from the pond up to garden beds placed on the roof of the garage. You could possibly have a solar powered pump and the fish are protected from the cold outside...but it was only ever an idea :) I like that pond it looks nice, very peaceful :) | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 27th August 2014 3:22pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 28th August 2014 9:47am #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Well my pond looks like an overgrown mess at the moment, there's even mint that grew from a seed!! :) Im going to Europe this week for 6 weeks, so im going to keep my eyes open for some nice whole grain arborio rice when we are in Italy. Ill put some pictures up and let you know how the rice goes :) | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 1st September 2014 1:43pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 2nd September 2014 8:09am #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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