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Growth and development in our agriculture projects at the Chrysalis School
There is always more activity than we can report, but we like to write about major events in flowering or other surprises. The picture above shows the third flower we have seen on the hibiscus that was gifted to us … Continue reading
Posted in Chrysalis Alternative High School, Grow Dome
Tagged agriculture, aquaponics, flower garden, Grow Dome, hibiscus, pomegranate, raised bed, sunflower
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Trial and error with aquaponics
I checked on the Grow Dome yesterday to see how the system was running. It was not as dramatic as the loss of fish, but I entered the Grow Dome and found about half of our plants dried up and … Continue reading
Posted in AIRE, Chrysalis Alternative High School, Grow Dome, Research
Tagged aquaponic filter, aquaponics, fish farming, water filtration
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Aquaponics goes live in the Grow Dome
We did not create blog-posting updates for all the trial and error we experienced over that last month or so in trying to get this aquaponic system going. We have had about three failures and learning experiences about getting the … Continue reading
Posted in AIRE, Chrysalis Alternative High School, Grow Dome
Tagged aquaponic setup, aquaponics, indoor growing
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Shade cloth installation in Grow Dome and Transplanting tomatoes
We feel fortunate to have received this Grow Dome from Rocky Mountain Youth Corp back in late Fall 2011 and have been learning so much about indoor growing since then. One of the things we learned last year was the … Continue reading
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