Tag: aquaponics

Baked & Crunchy Tilapia Recipe

Easy Baked & Crunchy Tilapia from Phyllis Davis’ Tilapia Cookbook, Ten Tantalizing Tilapia Recipes to Titillate Your Taste Buds©   This is a super easy and healthy fish dish that is only ‘drizzled’ with olive oil and baked for 17 minutes. What could be easier? You can serve it with a quick cabbage salad and …

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Waist High Gardening for Boomers in Aquaponics

Waist High Gardening for Boomers in Aquaponics Boomers enjoy gardening and aquaponics creates sustainability in their community!  – by Colle and Phyllis Davis   AQUAPONICS TO THE RESCUE. Most Baby Boomers enjoy gardening. Many of us spent time on our grandparents farms during our childhoods and today, there is a major resurgence in back yard gardens …

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What Makes Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems Different?

What Makes Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems Different?  – by Colle and Phyllis Davis Aquaponics can be traced back over 4,700 years to an area located in present-day China. The technology has been in use for a very long time. The older systems were referred to as pass-through or as one time water-use systems. This means the …

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Zucchini Grow WELL in Portable Farms

Zucchini! OH YUM. You can cook almost anything with zucchini and they are EASY to grow year round in a Portable Farms Aquaponics System! Generally, zucchini are grown during the summer (May to August in the Northern Hemisphere). Zucchini is a small summer squash (a vegetable) that looks like a cucumber but has yellow flesh inside …

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Secure Seed Vault?

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Secure Seed Vault – by Colle and Phyllis Davis Have you ever considered putting vegetable seeds in a tin can or air-tight pouch ‘just in case’ you need to grow your own food? There is a hot  new trend sweeping the world for saving seeds that are non-GMO, heirloom and organic. It’s a good idea to …

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Pesticide & GMO Free Food is Rare and Precious

Pesticide & GMO Free Food is Rare and Precious – by Colle and Phyllis Davis PLEASE NOTE: GMO seeds are commonly used in field crops like corn and wheat but will KILL broad leaf vegetables like tomatoes and lettuces. There are many misconceptions about GMO seeds used in planting typical vegetable gardens and Portable Farms® …

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Owning Your Own Personal Wetlands

Owning Your Own Personal Wetlands – by Colle and Phyllis Davis The most productive land on Earth is actually wet land, also known as ‘the wetlands.’ What are wetlands? Wetlands offer ecosystem benefits and it is said they are considered the kidneys of the earth because they filter and store water so efficiently in addition …

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Aquaponics in Cold Climates Works Well!

Aquaponics in Cold Climates Works Well! – by Colle and Phyllis Davis Winter . . . Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Now is the time to install your Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems so you can enjoy fresh and delicious food every day of the year. When Portable Farms® Aquaponics Systems are placed inside a climatically adapted greenhouse or other structure …

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Bell Peppers Grow WELL in Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems

Bell Peppers Grow WELL in Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems by Colle and Phyllis Davis Bell peppers (green, red, yellow or orange) are a popular crop grown in Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems. They produce large, very flavorful and CRISP bell peppers that can be grown year round. Pepper plants are easily trellised or stalked for vertical …

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