It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Dillsburg, PA! It’s 34° outside and about 48° in the greenhouse at 8:37 am. Today we have three rafts of lettuce growing in the DWC – “Monte Carlo” and “Chalupa” romaine from Johnny’s Seeds.
The wicking bed has a square of beats. Two squares of kale and some carrots, collards and radishes. The media beds have 5 squares of collards that are growing well, two broccoli plants, a pepper plant, although it’s kind of late for that. I don’t know if it’s going to make it. I have about a dozen milkweed plants that I’m starting. It’s probably the wrong time of year for that, but, hopefully I can get them through till spring and I’ll have some nice milkweed plants to put out in the yard for the Monarch Butterflies. I’ve tried to root some Rosemary and lavender cuttings. The Sedum cuttings are doing great. Cut the stalks, stick then in some potting mix and they grow. The lavender and the Rosemary doesn’t look too good yet. I don’t know if it’s going to take root or not.
The fish tank water heaters read 71 degrees. We’ve got 69.6 degrees on the tank thermometer. Two of the three heaters are on and heating right now. So, It’s not bad, it’s little humid in here. I opened up the back vent and took the insulation off the front door vent and set the exhaust fan to come on at 85 degrees. The thermometer in the rocks of the East media bed reads 68°. So things are doing pretty good. It was a cold night. Spraying a little watering on the Rosemary and lavender cuttings. They don’t take much water, but you have to keep them moist. That’s it for today.
John and Tracey Pieters are Christian missionaries with United World Mission in Mexico City, Mexico. Their vision is to create a complete Aquaponic System to bring people together, sharing labor, life stories, pure food, and the joy of knowing Jesus Christ. 