Threw a few pepper seed into a planter to see what happens. I don't think that's the best plant to grow in the rocks but figured I'd give it a shot since I had extra seeds. Nothing else growing in the

Look how crazy this plant is growing. My tomato plants have a mind of their own and can't be contained. This plant is even crazier with the branch that drops way down and then randomly curves back up to

Gillbert going for a snack! He's been really lively since we cleaned out his tank and he's just been attacking the food. Gillbert perks up everytime someone walks into his room and it always puts a smile

Caught this bee busy at work today. His underside was completely covered in pollen as he was busy flying from plant to plant. I love seeing bees whenever I'm outside and usually find that I'm distracted

Threw another random seed in my empty planter. The last experiment failed and I had some extra seeds with nothing I can do with them so one of them went in here. This seed is a yellow pepper. Would be

I've got some weird bubbles on the top of my water post cleaning. Haven't seen this before and they just look like air bubbles. I will keep on eye on them and make sure nothing untoward is happening in

A double header today of two beautiful plants at my parents house. As usual I have no idea what they are but they look beautiful so I'm sharing them with you!

Finally had to break off a piece of my broken tomato plant. I feel a bit bad because this is a lot of plant that I took off. There was just too much damage where the plant had bent in half. This tomato

Welcome home Gillbert. The tank is looking vastly better after the big clean. The pump is still running poorly and I'm not sure how cleaning it would make it run worse but hey, that's what has happened.

This basil plants seems to be rejuvenating, a good sign to see. I think the water got too low while I was away and really hurt the basil more than my other plants. It's weird how plants behave differently

Gillbert's home for the night while I let everything settle from cleaning. Tank looking pretty gross and I've been putting off the cleaning but no more! Took everything out for a rinse and scrub in the

The plant that never was. Well I think it's time to call an end to this little experiment. No chance my seed will sprout now. I wasn't sure if this would sprout since I just jammed a random seed into and

Pump is working good again! Not sure what happened but my pump kicked back into high gear today. The performance had been quite poor the last few months and I had to adjust the position of the pump to

Some cool picture from my wife tonight. First one is the basil bud right against the hydroponics lights. Looks a bit trippy and very cool. Tomato leaves over top of the other potted plants. Very cool angle

Gillbert looking cool, the tank looking gross. Just got home after a long long day so I won't be cleaning the tank tonight. The piture is really cool, my wife took my photos for me today to help me save

My flower isn't looking very good! Double checked the water and nutrients and everything seems fine so I'm not totally sure what's going on today but my plants just seem a bit sad. Hopefully I can get

Gillbert trapped behind some rogue plants. Those are some sad looking leaves. I think the house has just been too damn hot lately. I can't keep the house cool, been trying some new strategies to lower

Saw this flower today. It's actually growing outside of the flower bed so not really sure if it's intentional or not. Regardless it's a beautiful plant and I'm a big fan of it. Anyone know what kind of

Today is all about the sneaky tomato plants. First we have some sneaky tomatoes hiding behind the hydroponics light stand. These ones are a bit overripe and I need to do something with them asap. Next

I should rename this series to 'Your Daily Dose of Gillbert'. I mean lets be honest, he's been the highlight of this series right from day one. My aquaponics plants have been rather boring and they seem