Lilikoi (:

This is the last of our lilikoi because sadly we had to cut the vines off of the fence so that we could build our new fence to prevent break - ins. 

New plants!

Just planted some new seeds! These include cucumber, heirlooms, carrots, and beans. The beans took a little longer to grow but are really sprouting a lot now. They are actually our largest plant right now. 

Aquaponics for ALL!!!!!!!!

             Hey guys, I'm sorry I keep jumping topics lately but, there has been a lot going on. So, over the weekend Mr. Laskowsky was selling sun tea and some of the teachers were saying that he should hand out produce to teachers around campus instead of the community since like it's not legal yet. We went on delivering trips and the teachers donated $1 for their whole bunch. It was a cool experience and I heard that the teachers really enjoyed their "orders."

                                                    Sincerely,
                                                               Your Blogger, Elizabeth

YAY PICTURESSS!!!!!! THANKS RAENA!!!

Selling Aquaponics~ / Progress on Rat Trap Experience

            Today, we were giving out some of our crops to the teachers and faculty around campus. We have given green onions, sun tea, and other stuff. The experience was kind of awesome in a way because it teaches us people skills and how to like be professional about it.

           Anyways the rat traps and repellents have been going through a slow process and some of us are ahead while some of us are behind *cough* me *cough*. There has been a lot of great ideas like using strong scent vegetables/ herbs of some sort for repellents. For traps though I'm not sure because they haven't shared their ideas with me. Evil people.

           Sorry for the short post, I am having a hard time thinking about the important stuff at the moment so like......... Yeah. Thanks for reading (:

                                                                Sincerely,
                                                                           Your Blogger, Elizabeth

AQUAPONICS.... ILLEGAL?! New Segment (1 of 3)

           This past week, we've been aware of a rumor that states how aquaponics is illegal nationally because of the use of animal waste. I don't see what the problem is when the fish waste doesn't effect the crops and it's actually helping the environment. There are multiple ways of how aquaponics helps the environment.

Some examples of how it helps the environment:

• Conserves water by not having to refill the tanks everyday since the system recycles the water.
• Provides fresher food because the food comes from here and the food from the stores come from the mainland which takes months to get here, which means the food is old.
• Uses less land space because you can put a lot crops on the same raft rather than spacing it out like in a traditional garden. 
• Its cheaper to grow crops from the system than buying food from the store, because all you need to do is to buy the seeds. While, at a store, you spend more on a head of lettuce.
• Its faster than traditional gardening by 30% (Resource: Greendesert.org/aquaponics.html)

          There are many more ways that aquaponics helps the environment and I don't see why people don't support it. The government should make laws that insist us using aquaponics for everyday gardening. So, I would like to hear some of your opinions on how you feel about aquaponics whether you think it should be legal or illegal. We also would like your help to see if this "law" is fact or fiction. 

~Thanks

Sincerely, 

      

                Your blogger, Elizabeth 

EWWIES!!! RODENTS!!!

Hey everyone, we just came back from break and noticed that we had a small rodent problem. Mr. Laskowsky made us put rat traps with apple butter as bait around the garden for now so none of our crops would get destroyed. As we were doing this, he had the idea of making us break into groups to figure out a way of repelling, trapping, or killing the rodents in a more humane way. Some people had figured out that rodents don't really like strong smelling crops such as garlic, onions , mint, etc. By using this information hopefully we can figure out a solution together and we can have a nice rodent-free garden again.

Sincerely,

Your Blogger, Elizabeth