It may be Winter but we are still growing strong.

In the greenhouse...

A thriving hydroponic unit, now that we have replaced the vermiculite with clay balls.

The seedlings are quite happy with their second set of leaves just starting to come through.

In the garden, the broccoli just keeps on growing, even after cutting the main floret & secondary shoots.

I'd better pick these for tea!

The Greenhouse

I purchased the greenhouse from http://www.oldfields.com.au/treco/gh_hobby.htm in January 2008 & didn't get it set up until October 2008 due to extra hours @ work.
It has heaps of headroom being 1.96m high(especially if you are short like me) 2.59m long & 1.97m wide.

Jon bought me the outside sink & a few months ago we had power connected to it to run the pump for the homemade hydroponic unit shown below.

Not much success with this over the Summer as it was just way too hot in there, even with all the vents & louvres open. I didn't get around to putting up the metallic shade netting that goes over the entire structure but it will be a must come Summer.

A few weeks ago, Jon put 5 yabbies in the water storage/recirculation box thus venturing into aquaponics on a very small scale. The yabbies will eat the algae growth & their waste products will help provide the nutrients for the plants above.

The website below is fantastic, a wealth of information & easy to follow if anyone is curious to find out more about aquaponics

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/?gclid=CImIubT-1ZkCFYcwpAodm1qQUQ

I have definitely put this idea into the basket of dreams & who knows, I might actually make it a reality.

Just have to convince the rest of the family.....