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Overview + Photos + Construction Set + Main Wiki Page

Structure

Pond

Towers, Beds, Gutters, Shelves - worms, mushrooms

Automation - watering and planting

Towers, Beds, Gutters, Shelves - worms, mushrooms

GitLab Board

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Overview + Photos + Construction Set + Main Wiki Page

Ponds

Towers, Beds, Gutters, Shelves - worms, mushrooms - build

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Automation - watering and planting

Biological systems - 5 kingdoms

Structure

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Pond Types

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  1. In ground
    1. More vertical space
    2. More vertical space
    3. If not done right, collapse
    4. Excavator is needed
  2. Frame up wood
    • Easy, but edges tend to blow out if you go too high
  3. IBC tote
    • $50+ for 250 gallons
  4. 5 gallon buckets
  5. Bamboo into ground + tarp - low cost
  6. Strawbales + tarp
  7. Tubs
  8. Preformed ponds
  9. Concrete in ground tiled
  10. Pond liner + digging
  11. Cattle trough / stock tank
  12. Hole in clayey soil -
  13. Bentonite + clay soil dig
  14. Above ground pool style
  15. Dams

https://www.lowes.com/pd/MacCourt-Drywall-Mud-Pans/1054711

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Framed Pond

2x12 frame

Trout yield - 200 lb/year

Max yield - 1500 lb/year in

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Ozonator Tank

Growing Towers

Growing Towers

Grow Bed

4’x8’

3’

3’

10’

4’

3’

Potting Table?

4’x8’

3’

6’

Duckweed calculations

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Quality Control

Ozonator Tank

Problem statement: keep bugs out of greenhouse - keep the beneficial in; 2nd - leakproof, low cost pond; 3rd - keep wind damage under control

  1. Use bug screen for cracks
  2. Corners have 8 screws minimum
  3. Poly pond liner
  4. Pole barn screws down middle of polycarbonate
  5. Battens - screw every 12-18”
  6. Reinforcement down the middle

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Tower Bottom Cap

  • Make towers or hang existing ones
  • Hang a 2x4 treated lumber off ceiling
  • Hang 20 towers of 5’ length

Treated 2x4

tank

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Tank gravity system - safe route

5 gal bucket

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Next steps for Towers

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  • Make towers or hang existing ones
  • Hang a 2x4 treated lumber off ceiling
  • Hang 20 towers of 5’ length
    1. 2 rows of 10 towers

Treated 2x4

5x16’ = 80’

~1700 plants nonintensive

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Plumbing Diagram

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5x16’ = 80’

~1700 plants nonintensive

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Procedure

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5x16’ = 80’

~1700 plants nonintensive

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Procedure - Step 1

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~1700 plants nonintensive

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Automation

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[1] Grow Beds

4x8 - 220 gallons - 880 l -

$600 in clay pellets

$5 in straw + soil + labor

8x?

Polyethylene inner lining

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4x?

Height? 30-42” high

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height?

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8x?

4x?

Charcoal - Terra Preta

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Structure

Structure

[4] 4x8’ panels

[4] 4x16’ panels

[12] 4x6’ panels

Cut List

[32] 48” 2x6

[8 ] 48” 2x8

[11] 93” 2x6

[35] 69” 2x6

[12] 189” 2x8

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4x6 No.1

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4X6

4x8

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16ft

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Structure

Side view of roof

Front View

Front wall

8ft

roof

Side wall

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Front module

Side

Top plate

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Structure Count

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[16] walls

2x6 lumber

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[4] Roof

2x8 lumber

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[2] 16’ each

[1] 14’ each

[3] 4’

[16] walls

2x6 lumber

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[4] 8’ (93 inches) =

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[64] 8’

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[32] 16’

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[4] roofs

2x8 lumber

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[3] 16’

[1] 8’

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[12] 16’

[4] 8’

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[14] 16’

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Glazing

2x4 treated lumber = 48-4.5 / 2 - 21.75”

Batten

1x4

2”

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Ken’s aquaponic project Indonesia

https://youtu.be/gKoEIFFLbK8 - Aquaponics

https://youtu.be/tW3b1FzEBR8 - Tarpaulin ponds

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Reference Material: http://www.fao.org/3/az022e/az022e.pdf

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