Always Be Planting (A.B.P.)
From: Phyllis Davis, Co-Inventor, Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics Systems and President, Portable Farms, Inc.
Photo taken February 20, 2010 in our farm:
Red cabbage in forefront, broccoli on right,
Brussels Sprouts behind.
Hello Friends of Portable Farms, Inc.
We’re very happy that we’ve received so many calls about our One-Day Crash Course and Three-Day Intensive Course about aquaponics from people all around the world. For more information about dates, prices and course content, CLICK HERE.
Colle continues to refine his technology for Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics Systems and today, he’s with our good friend Richard in Escondido, redesigning a key component for a new Portable Farms(TM) Aquaponics System that is currently being installed in Southern California by Butch, our installer.
I’m planting seeds this afternoon. We have an expression around here that says, “Always Be Planting. ABP.” Since not 100% of all seeds available don’t actually spout, we plant more seeds in peat pots than we think we might need. Every seed packet will tell you what the ‘germination rate’ is expected to be within that batch, so I generally plant a few extras to account for that factor. We’ve ordered some exciting new organic options to organic peat pots for seed sprouting and gravel planting, and I had HOPED Fed-Ex would have delivered them yesterday, but with the snowy weather on the East Coast, mails must be delayed, so I’m debating whether to plant today in peat pots, or wait until Monday when the ones arrive arrive. Hmmmm, a farmer has many choices to make every day when planning and planting crops and this is apparently one of them today.
We had planned to build the aquaponics system today (for the upcoming courses) but the rains required we change our plans since we can’t work outside today. In fact, our ‘yard man’ was here early this morning, trimming banana trees and was forced off his tall ladder because of the torrential downpour.
Off to work I go.
As the poet Robert Frost wrote in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Your friend,
Phyllis Davis