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DelawareJim · Post by **DelawareJim** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:45 pm

Sherry;

I don't know if it's still active, but there used to be a great educational website called "Take your bedroom off the grid" that gave a primer on solar power and how you can start with a small system to power one room and then scale up as utililty money is saved.

Any solar supply site should have a solar/PV primer and worksheets.

Another option is a vertical axis wind turbine like this
http://wepower.us/products/

Cheers.
Jim

DelawareJim · Post by **DelawareJim** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm

Now that my 55 gallon pondette has warmed up, the duckweed growth is just exploding and my slacker goldfish don't seem to be interested in it.

Other than scooping it out daily, any suggestions for getting rid of it?

Cheers.
Jim

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:09 pm

Tactical nuclear arms come to mind.

Post by **krisw** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:48 am

Is Ghazanfar's duckweed extractor feasible to use, or are there too many other surface plants to be effective?

sherrymitchell · Post by **sherrymitchell** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:50 am

My goldfish always eat it..... Stop feeding the goldfish and maybe they'll go after it??? Other than that, you could net it and compost it... Someone in CCA recommends "Duckweed Soup" too.

Sonny Disposition · Post by **Sonny Disposition** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:08 pm

Yeah, the goldfish should go after it. It might take them a little while to figure out. Golden shiners, and, I think, flagfish, will eat it too.

Remember, the stuff is prolific, so it will take a while before you start to see a decline.

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:48 pm

you could get a few silver dollars, they will ggo nut on that stuff

Post by **krisw** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:59 am

June's meeting notes are online, thanks to Sherry, Jen, and Jim. Check them out!

http://gwapa.org/wordpress/2009/06/june ... ing-notes/

And Sherry's aquatic plant potting soil recipe is in our articles section here:

http://gwapa.org/wordpress/articles/aqu ... il_recipe/

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:11 am

question: at the meeting a won a bag of some supplies and stuff, i never got that bag home, anyone has found it?

i kind of realized yesterday

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:20 am

krisw wrote:June's meeting notes are online, thanks to Sherry, Jen, and Jim. Check them out!

http://gwapa.org/wordpress/2009/06/june ... ing-notes/

And Sherry's aquatic plant potting soil recipe is in our articles section here:

http://gwapa.org/wordpress/articles/aqu ... il_recipe/

Great write-up and awesome pictures! Thanks to all involved in preparing that.

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