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Aquaponic Kitchen
When life hands you catfish...
The aquaponics team makes a minor mishap into a major feast
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Aquaponic Kitchen
Risotto With Peas and Chard
My first contribution as Aquaponics Intern: lunch!
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Aquaponic Kitchen
Lasagna Florentine
Spinach and cheese feature prominently in this week's aquaponic lunch
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Aquaponic Kitchen
Jap Chae and Banchan
Kim chi made from aquaponic chard inspires a Korean meal
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Get rich with aquaponics
Successful plants in our aquaponics greenhouse
Having an aquaponic system in an unheated greenhouse creates very specific conditions for plants. Some of the plants love it; others not so much. As many of the plants we have sowed have reached...
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Pea Pod Painting
Aquaponic Ink from Purple Snow Peas
When life hands you pea pods, make ink!
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Iron, Man
Testing Iron Levels in our Aquaponics Setup
Maintaining proper iron levels is essential in aquaponics.
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Field Peas
Growing field peas in an aquaponics greenhouse
Although our shade cloth can cool the greenhouse on hot days, it is still nice to have some complete shade inside. We have created some extra shade by just using some string and field peas.
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Cooling a greenhouse
How to cool a greenhouse on hot summer days
With the summer approaching, the temperature in the greenhouse were rising. On sunny days the temperature can skyrocket during this time of year. Imagine what the temperature in the greenhouse will...
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Our System
Dijksgracht 6
At the beginning of 2015 we started in our new location at the Dijksgracht nr. 6
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Workshop: Stichting Mediamatic
Workshop: Aquaponics
- learn to build Aquaponics26sep 2015Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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Ladybirds
A promiscuous cannibalistic insect loved by gardeners
Lately we have been finding several aphids on our plants in the greenhouse. One way to fight aphids is by spraying cold water over plants. However, aphids can also be fought in an organic way: by...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop
Workshop: Aquaponics
- join our workshop and learn to build Aquaponics6jun 2015Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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Een eerlijke review van onze aquaponics
minpunten om te verbeteren
Er is veel informatie te vinden over waarom je aan aquaponics zou moeten beginnen maar de minder toffe dingen worden weinig genoemd.
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Bladluis en mier vs lieveheersbeestje en koud…
aquaponics biogevechten
Omdat onze planten zo lekker zijn moeten we ze beschermen tegen indringers. De kleinste indringers weten toch onze kas binnen te sluipen. Munt en peterselie worden aangevallen door bladluizen. Wij...
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A short introduction to the Bio Art Supplies Shop
The Bio Art Supplies Shop will be a sale and exhibitions space open to anybody with an interest to learn, experiment and work in the field of bio-technology.
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Van koud naar warm
Het wordt al lekker warm in de kas
Het water in ons aquaponics systeem stroomt sinds begin februari non stop door de groeibedden en vistanks. De afgelopen periode zijn we bezig geweest met het geven van de eerste workshop en het...
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First sprouts transplanted to the Aquaponics…
Field Peas (Capucijners) are looking great!
New season starts for the Aquaponics Systems. After few days awaiting for our first shoots we have finally some baby plants to transplant to the grow beds.
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Painting White
New Catfish home at Dijkgracht, 6
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First crops hit the grow beds
Tuesday we planted our first plants in the grow beds.
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Groene kunst, Amsterdam aquaponics.
Hoe groen de stad heeft gevormd
Landbouw heeft door de eeuwen heen invloed gehad op de vormgeving van de stad. Veel straten in oude steden zijn aangelegd om het voedsel van het platteland efficiënt aan de man te brengen. Door...
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Gobsmacked piping system!
Aquaponkiss at Dijksgracht 6
Thursday we finished an important new piping system that will help us to keep the watering system more stable.