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  1. Markymark

    Bat houses

    Found this interesting article here. I was thinking of building a bat house and so I've been considering a way to collect the guano. Does anyone have an opinion on it? I was thinking next season I'll be doing my own composting and I figured composting the guano in with it would be a great idea...
  2. Markymark

    Any tips on heated compost?

    Well it's about done just need some stain and allowing the stuff to cure. I think it has come out really nice. Now I just gotta find some nice hardware to go with the theme. I really hope it just went into dormancy cause it's making me really nervous. Oh I was testing the temperature of the...
  3. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I think I've about thought myself out of the concrete containers and am gonna to with ibc totes. Gonna go with 4 and see if the measurements workout for an additional 6 later on, but in the future I will expand an additional 4 for sure. Reason why I'm going back and forth is because I like the...
  4. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I'm going to paint the inside of the concrete tank with drylock, it's similar to what someone would paint a pool with and should water proof the tank. I may use a pond liner, but that would double the cost of the project. I don't feel so keen on using wood in this situation as it would need to...
  5. Markymark

    Any tips on heated compost?

    It was a bare root transplant, the grape tree had leaves. The leaves have almost wilted off completely, when I get home I'll remove the leaves. It is only getting up to 75f so it's not really hot yet. But I was looking at other grapevine orchards and none of their grapes have come out or...
  6. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I was talking to a concrete guy and I showed him my design and he said there shouldn't be any issues. I plan on using 3/8s rebar in both the slab and walls. He said if I did that and don't allow it to freeze it shouldn't crack. After I finish the slab I'm going to paint the inside with a...
  7. Markymark

    Any tips on heated compost?

    Well, today I'm going to finish up the irrigation and cycle that. Man I'm getting really nervous my little grape tree I planted ain't looking too good. I planted it with old compost that I used to grow my kakai pumpkins in, so I doubt that is the reason and I'm wondering if it was the frost that...
  8. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    The oyster shells is a really good idea besides the surface area, good way to protect against a rapid PH drop. I'm planning on setting up a degassing barrel (55 gal) so I can keep the fish tank topped off. Right now I'm still in the sump tank design as I've never floated concrete so I'm kinda...
  9. Markymark

    Any tips on heated compost?

    It's really a pain for me to do something to the compost once it's in the bed, as I can't really dig around in it because I have hardware cloth in it and I would hate to damage that stuff enough to allow a gopher in. I planted watermelon, french dressing, white isicile, and cherry belle...
  10. Markymark

    Any tips on heated compost?

    I got this for a tester. I needed a soil ph tester and I know they got one at home depot but mine didn't make it past the year, plus this actually has 1 more reading which is the temperature + digital reading. What I did was threw it in my raised beds and soaked it with water (I was tossing in...
  11. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    The Sump tank is going to be made out of concrete, it's going to be 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide, and 10 feet long. Filtration will be done via gravel, worms, and plants. The pump is a really efficient 2000 GPH Koi pump, this one here, it consumes 100 watts, and with the current math I have will...
  12. Markymark

    Any tips on heated compost?

    I bought some compost from a local place and the compost is nice dark and rich colored but it's still warm. Like it isn't hot enough to really burn but I suspect it's around 110F or less. I'm wondering how long I should wait to plant in the beds with them. I've taken two packs of seeds, radishes...
  13. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    If you are talking about the growing medium I will be using 1/2" to 3/4" rock (I can buy it by the ton for like $20 bucks) Perlite floats so that can't be used and I know some use lava rock because of surface area (the holes allow bacteria more surface area). Some do something like bottom lava...
  14. Markymark

    11.5 lb cauliflower - what do ya think?

    My mixture of soil is roughly 1/3 sand (was using this as a means of cheap rockdust) smallest stuff the rock quarry had, 1/3 1 year+ horse manure (was tested for safety), 1/3 of coco coir and peat moss. Now all the beds are being topped off with organic compost and rock dust. Btw all the dirt...
  15. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I have quite a bit planned for the aquaponic system. I mean probably doubling my garden capacity. I plan on running 30 foot by 4 foot beds, probably 3-4 of them and I'd like to build a hoop house over that for the winter months so I can keep my tomatoes and peppers going. Right now I think I...
  16. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    After this season I won't have to worry about tomato starts. I'm going to start clipping off parts of it and planting it. That way I know what variety it is, as I have like 6 different cherry tomatoes (different colors). I got a mixed variety of seeds from the seller which is cool but who plants...
  17. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    This is what I did today: Removed all the grass, and began setting up the new planter bed. I just purchased a load of compost and I needed the truck to be empty so I kicked it into gear and threw this planter together. I got plants for the next one, but for now this'll have to do. Maybe Fall...
  18. Markymark

    11.5 lb cauliflower - what do ya think?

    It was a green cauliflower from a burpee seed pack. Three the rest in my garden and tossed the package. I saw the same pack a Wally world but next time I'll look.
  19. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    Doesn't that red running around the boarder of the GB look so cool? I keep on looking at the picture on my phone and I just think wow, what a good investment. Now I gotta run that red board around the planter boxes for the grape trees.
  20. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    Near finished, got bored so went to bed.


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