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New project needs you help ~ Update

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carey Ma Mar 23. 0 Replies

Thank you all for your contribution so far. I am still a long ways off from where I need to be so your continued thoughts and suggestions are still needed.Plan AThe footprint of the château and all…Continue

New Project Needs your input

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carey Ma Mar 30. 58 Replies

Hello friends. I need help with suggestions on another farmscape project.I need help identifying:Crops and plants that grow well in sandy dirt (not soil).Animals.Identify possible attractions.It…Continue

Carey’s Bio Digester

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carey Ma Feb 11. 23 Replies

Here you go folks. In collaboration with an old time friend, we have developed a portable, family sized methane production unit that harvest bio-gas (methane). This is the first stage in my…Continue

Please HELP! I need books and seeds.

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carey Ma Jan 30. 5 Replies

Hi guys, some of you know me and my passion for learning and my dream of utopia and some of you know me for my personal mission to produce the healthiest food possible or my eventual goal of building…Continue

 

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Making your own feed

For those in terested in making their own fish food.
5 hours ago
Carey Ma commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"OK Bob, I'll try to come up with something this weekend. Cheers"
18 hours ago
Carey Ma replied to Dino Zucchi's discussion Harvesting Fish emulsion?
"Kinda off topic here but is anyone interested in making their own fish emulsion? Thanks to Raychel (this site) turning me onto brewing better compost teas, this year I have expanded my collection rout and one new addition is fish scrap to make…"
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Carey Ma commented on Raychel A Watkins's blog post ALL THINGS COME TO HE WHO WAITS
"Great story Raychel. I could only wish I lived in a civilized country with IBC totes and barrels. It seems my efforts with AP are fizzling out... at least my chicken enterprise and consultations are keeping me afloat. Please pray for me.I think AP…"
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Carey Ma and Koi-Guy are now friends
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Bob Campbell commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"This is of interest to me but I have found it difficult to follow what you have described.  I would appreciate some pictures and further description of the process and your setup.    "
May 16
TCLynx commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"Marty, a fine screen is going to clog easily.  I would go with a lower tech method, Like maybe the landscape fabric and a layer of some filter material or a shallow gravel bed and then into a well aerated drum/tank or whatever where the water…"
May 15
marty lininger commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"OK, i plan on filtering the water with 55 micron screen filter.  so, most of the remaining particulates would be pretty small.  is that still a suitable food for worms? there would be no visible fish poop pieces. also, keep in mind that…"
May 15
Carey Ma replied to Rob Torcellini's discussion Another way to kill the small farmer
"It's time for sheeple to stand up and rebel. I'm just downright fed up with the feds screwing us every-which-way. This fascism needs to stop! Thank you Rob for bring this to our attention. I'm so glad I live in a communist…"
May 15
Carey Ma commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"Thanks TC. Yes Marty, TC has the right idea. I would process or mineralize the solids but not compost them as in traditional soil composting. The microbes in the worm guts and in the perlite break down all those solids into usable…"
May 15
TCLynx commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"The duckweed wants the ammonia waste from the fish, the solids are not necessarily a benefit in the duckweed until they are converted to ammonia and other minerals.  I think Carey's vermi-digester or something along those lines between the…"
May 15
marty lininger commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"Carey,   if you consider that my main goal with the fish waste is to grow duckweed, then would you still compost the waste before it went to the duckweed pond? "
May 14
TCLynx commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"I like the vermi-digester idea there Carey, I think I'm doing something sort of like that.  Just kinda by accident I have an overflow that goes through a big bin of filter material and the worms have totally gone nuts in the filter…"
May 14
Carey Ma commented on Carey Ma's group Making your own feed
"Duckweed can be grown in two-inch trays instead of six inches, reducing your volume tremendously. Land area can be more efficient by growing them in stacked trays.   Yes pulverizing is a good idea, esp. if we can do it without using extra…"
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Please tell us something else about yourself.
Hello,
I am an American, currently living in Beijing. My name is Carey Ma. I am an Ecolonomists with over twenty years experience in off-grid/ automated living. The word ecolonomics was coined by a personal hero of mine; Denis Weaver. Ecolonomics is the promotion of sustainable alternatives that are economically profitable. Simply put, ecolonomics means maintaining natural resources in ways that are economically sound. I consult in all phases of Green living and explore the principles of environmental, economic, and social sustainability, to provide practical examples of how to apply them. I consult for: Architects, designers, city and community planners, land owners, factory owners, and greenhouse/ orchard/ farm owners.

I have a plan to establish a facility which will reduce the impact of agriculture on ecosystem functions and services by providing nature inspired, zero emissions, sustainable Agri-technology using integrated bio systems (IBS) in an urban/ peri-urban environment for the production of food & lifestyle enhancement amenities. My ultimate dream is to build a Hi-Rise Farm, each Farm feeding 10-30,000 of their neighbors while producing energy and clean water.

My nursery/ garden /farm is less than two acres yet both economically and ecologically sustainable and manages to feed a family of four with surplus to sell. I have been experimenting with Aquaponics, on and off since the late seventies and finally have a balanced schedule of nutrient flow.

Aquaponics is the first step in an integrated bio system. An integrated biosystem contains at least two biological activities or subsystems where nutrients in the form of by-products (waste from one sub-system) serve as resources or the input for another.

I make my own feed using algae, vitamin rich veggie leaves, earthworm & dry grub protein.

Hey folks, I am starved for information. Please Donate books, DVDs etc.

Hi guys, 

I know its a lot to ask but not being back to the States for five years has depleted all my original resources. I really hate to sound like a beggar but...the reason I haven't been back is because I can't afford to.

Do you have any books, magazines or DVDs that you have finished with or just laying around? I can't get U-tube so a working VPN or sending me video via e-mail may be another way you all could help me.

Subjects I'm interested in are: Sustainability of any sort, popular mechanics/ science, ecology of any sort, any must read books, philosophy...anything meaningful to you, I'm sure I'd be interested too.


Are there any tools; hole saws, screwdriver bits you name it, (esp metric) that you don't use or have spares? I'd gladly take anything usable. Anything decent that is made in this country goes to export. Local tools are accidents waiting to happen.

 

I thank you my friends for reading this and hope you can help.

Cheers

Hi guys, I'll be in Seattle next week (Oct 10 -20th) so anyone with books etc can send them to my friends house so I can carry them back to China instead of sending them here.

Please send to: Rand Will, Care of Carey Ma:12819 SE38th #401,Bellevue, WA98006

 

Thanks & Cheers.

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Carey's multi trophic aquaponics system

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:30am 10 Comments

Beijing Greenlink Institute LLC

Multi-Integrated Agriculture & Aquaculture Systems (BIMIAAS) 

 

The experimental farm of Mr. Carey Ma is part of an interdisciplinary team of volunteers, working on the development of integrated multi-trophic agriculture & aquaculture (IMTAA) systems AKA (multi trophic aquaponics).

 

The goal of IMTAA or MTAp approach is to create a balanced…

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One more step – Part two ~ Sorry, lots of words and no pics (at this time)

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:28am 1 Comment

Good news! Merry X-mass all! On Christmas Eve, I received a call that lasted about four hours and in conclusion I got a wonderful X-Mass present in the form of a committed Angel Investor. Phase one will begin as soon as I finish negotiating and sign an agreement with the landlord, (hopefully within the next month).

Phase One will be concentrating on the forest pasture to increase my egg and chicken production from my current two hundred hens to a possible five…

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One More Step!

Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:30am 8 Comments

Maybe dreams really do come true. I’m only in initial negotiations at this time (as of yesterday), and there will be a thousand and one hurdles to jump before I can actually claim the existence of my concept institute, “Ma’s Greensmart Institute”, but it finally has a glimmer of hope.

 

It seems that both ladies, Fate and Destiny have kissed my cheeks. My new farm will be located in the same village, no more than a quarter mile from my experimental garden. It is a fifty-acre…

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Swimming ponds turns greener with Carey’s Smart Garden Water Works Division

Posted on August 16, 2011 at 11:00pm 4 Comments

Nature has set the rules and as a steward of her lands, I abide. Thus it is, in these times, I feel the necessity to change the way we think and live. Gone are the days of wanton spending. Gone are the days of gilt free bliss as oil extracts the real cost.

 

Imagine if white men did not conquer the Americas but learned to live in harmony. What wondrous sciences we would have achieved with that kind of knowledge combination; with wisdom, a sense of spiritually and respect,…

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At 8:40pm on May 7, 2012, Brent Wheeler said…
Slow but moving. Will have plants in by weeks end.
At 9:15pm on May 2, 2012, Harold Sukhbir said…

Hey Carey,

Thanks for checking up on me. I miss you guys and the site very much. I glance through every once in a while. See you are staying active, I'm happy for that. Very busy here and don't get the time really. Still trying to get some land to practice/teach AP. Im making some progress and could be sooner than later. Hope youre doing well with the AP over there. Bye for now.

At 4:54am on March 1, 2012, Brent Wheeler said…
Slow but moving. Just started the cycle on my tank, added conditoners to speed up the proccess and picking up fish on the 8th.   Hoping to visit with a few locals who also have systems.   Been a real chalange gathering data but still at it. 

Thanks for asking. Hope all is well with you.  

Peace.  
At 10:02pm on February 7, 2012, Rick Welland said…

ola Carey Ma..posted a couple of drawings of our project on my wall since you were unable to open the blog.. Thanks for the 'feed' thread- you answered several questions I had re tilapia eating greens..etc. Our ponds are growing lots of green stuff these days..Wondering how much of it the fish eat..Seems to mostly grow in the shallows- maybe warmer water? Tested with PH strips the other day-about 6.5-if the ponds have heavy ammonia would they test out at 6.5?

Question ? Between the work you do on your farm(s) etc, the mail you do re this site etc,when do you sleep? Went thru your photos- like wow it appears you have many 'irons in the fire'- 

am amazed that your digesters have enough internal pressure to force out the sludge..Have you tried the sludge mixed with other plant waste in a cold (worm) compost?

Take your point re the billions eating veggies grown from sewage sludge..Lotta prejudice to overcome unfortunately. When we get hungry enough we'll get beyond that sorta thinking..

Cheers..rick

At 2:54am on February 5, 2012, Ryan Works said…

Very interesting proposal. I have never considered it, and I'm not one to speak a foreign language.... I am moving with my wife and 5 yr old child as well. I have no experience in aquaponics yet, however I feel that I would fit in quite well. I would however consider the option in the future...currently need to stay within the US for the next 2 years, but it does sound interesting and I am always looking for new places to experiance. I will keep this in mind, please feel free to forward information to works.2011@gmail.com.

Thanks for the Offer! Best of Luck to finding assistance. 

At 4:40pm on February 4, 2012, Jose Maria Gongora Escamilla said…

HI Carey

I have interest in your proposition about CHINA, I need information of your offer.  my email is jgongora@cicese.edu.mx, josema996@hotmail.com

cheers

At 11:24am on January 28, 2012, Kou said…

Hello,

Your knowledge and experience is greatly appreciate if you can help. I'm in limbo land right now, still trying to figure out what exactly that I need to accomplish my dream.

Thanks

At 3:46am on January 21, 2012, Vlad Jovanovic said…

Carey, I'm not real knowledgeable about grasses/grains and what they are called in serbian, but this "Lucerka" appears to me to be Alfalfa in english? So, if the pic below is of Alfalfa,  you may be in luck...Sorry the img is so small...

At 10:25am on January 20, 2012, Vlad Jovanovic said…

Hi there Carey, It seems as though I am able to get my hands on some open pollinated Lucerka (a type of clover/grass). Let me know if you are interested...Inner Mongolia huh? I hear the fishing is great in those parts :) Hope all is well.

Much Respect.

At 9:35am on January 20, 2012, Sahib Punjabi said…

Sahib@sahibaquaponics.com

 
 
 

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