The cloudt water is normal! Did some reading about possible causes of cloudy water and turns out it's just normal because of the bacteria I added to the grow stones during setup. The water can be cloudy

So much happening. I just can't get over how much growth there is. It's nice to see green already. I think this is the radish microgreen. So many seeds popping everywhere. So I noticed the water was looking

Have you seen this plant? It's a pretty amazing plant. It's got leaves on leaves. It's growing like crazy. It's got this badass air of mystery about it. This plant is a straight up baller. And no one even

Gillbert just chilling out in his tank. He likes to watch us when we are near the tank, it's pretty cool. On the downside I don't think he's been eating all his food which concerns me a bit. Maybe he's

My two mystery plants looking great! Quiet day overall for the winter garden. Ever since MEGAPLANT was dethroned this garden hasn't been nearly as rowdy. It may have been a reign of tyranny but at least

Things are booming in the winter garden. Newest plant sprouted today. All my plants are looking great (except for mini-plant, grow damn you!) and things are really doing well in the new spot. Garden looking

Here are a few of my wife's plants I have sitting near my gardens. She was hoping that the extra light would help to perk them up. I need to reorganize so that they are on the other side of my hydroponics

We've got plants sprouting already! Wow that was fast. I think this one was called a radish microgreen. Pretty awesome to see some action on only day two. I'm interested to see if I will actually have

Gillbert is just loving life in his new home. Got him all setup in a new spot today. It's a little warmer, better light and out of the way a bit so I can use my kitchen. Not much to report today, I think

The garden is super happy in it's new spot. It's nice and warm, a little bit of bonus sun and no longer on a stove. Things are looking up! Took half a day off work and got a ton of stuff done around the

Got my gardens all setup today in a more permanent location. They now have a nice little corner to call home. It's a little warmer in the new area as well. I was a bit worried about the aquarium getting

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My wife releasing Gillbert into the water garden. Be free young Gillbert and remember this day that you escaped the confines of your tiny plastic tub and ventured beyond the pet store. Today is the first

Got my new water garden all setup today. It was a pretty straightforward job. Makes me a little more confident when things seem easy. My wife helped and she seems to be more interested in this garden than

My cilantro is really growing now! I have shoots of cilantro going everywhere right now. Could this be the new MEGAPLANT? I think I have a bit more basil ready to harvest, I will probably leave it for

Both gardens are setup and fully operational! I will do a better update for the new aquaponics garden later. Just wanted to share my new setup with everyone. I'm every interested to see how everything

Just went out and bought a new fish! Here he is in all his glory. I'm excited to get the aquaponics up and running. Seems a bit different than my hydroponics kit so it will be interesting to see how the

I will be expanding to aquaponics this week after Santa came through huge for me! So excited to get this little unit up and running. If I find somewhere to get setup, I will go and buy my betta fish tomorrow.

Here is a better picture of mystery plants new leaves. They look pretty cool and it's exciting to watch my new plants grow. I still have a long ways to go with this plant but, I'm pretty happy anytime

Another neglected day for the winter garden. I swear I will get my life together soon. Just been so busy Christmasing. A little hard to tell from this picture but, mystery plant has grown a bunch of new