"Hi Holly,
We are a commercial urban aquaponic farm operating within a warehouse in Livonia. You are welcome for a tour and maybe we can help you with conversion ideas.
All the best!
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Michigan Greenhouse Aquaponics
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ken Chio May 9. 9 Replies 0 Likes
I could really use some ideas and tips on how to convert my greenhouse. It was operating in the 70's, but, when we bought it 2 years ago it had had the glass roof replaced with metal and was full of…Continue
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Ken Elrich left a comment for Holly Durocher"OMG !! Holly I know where you live. I grew up on Petts rd, and now live on baldwin rd. my dad still lives on petts. and it looks like you bought my old friend MR rickter's house on the corner. Man I would love to have that green house. he never…"
Douglas Wozniak replied to Holly Durocher's discussion Michigan Greenhouse Aquaponics"From personal experience having a greenhouse in Michigan, you are going to have to have ventilation in this building. I would put two exhaust fans at the glass end. and two inlets thru the roof or other end,of equal size or greater. The roof is…"
Kou replied to Holly Durocher's discussion Michigan Greenhouse Aquaponics"Where in Michigan are you from, Holly? I'm from Metro Detroit. Last when when I first got introduce into Aquaponic, I was so curious, but very skeptical. I test out IBC system using Kois and it works great. This year or…"
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"Hello,
It's good to see other Michiganders on this site. I look forward to following your progress on the greenhouse.
Brian"
Jonathan Kadish replied to Holly Durocher's discussion Michigan Greenhouse Aquaponics"Look in to rocket mass heaters, the most efficient way to burn wood... an easy to make, inexpensive and low tech solution. Rob T did a good video of his installation in his geodesic greenhouse that he is building http://youtu.be/_DhCRUMxnNM"
"Heating is definetely one of my primary concerns. I'm mulling over a few ideas in my head.
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Jonathan Kadish replied to Holly Durocher's discussion Michigan Greenhouse Aquaponics"Take a look at the member map and you will see if there are aquapons around you. It looks like you could just replace the metal with polycarbonate and you would be in business although you would spend a lot heating that space with glass walls over…"
Vlad Jovanovic replied to Holly Durocher's discussion Michigan Greenhouse Aquaponics"You can download for free from Microsoft (or anywhere on the net) ImageResizerPowertoy. (its a really small file, 538kb and is super easy to use. Just right click on the picture and choose re-size, then pick one of three sizes...small, medium,…"
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- There is an old greenhouse on my property that I wish to get back into working order. I am studying aquaponics with every intention of using this method in my greenhouse. I purchased Sylvia's book, Aquaponic Gardening and am currently using Google Sketchup to create a design for my greenhouse.
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- At 1:55pm on May 8, 2012, Ken Elrich said…
OMG !! Holly I know where you live. I grew up on Petts rd, and now live on baldwin rd. my dad still lives on petts. and it looks like you bought my old friend MR rickter's house on the corner. Man I would love to have that green house. he never really used it for much more than storage. I would love to come over and meet you guys and help you if you need some.
Ken
- At 9:08pm on January 31, 2012,
Sylvia Bernstein said… Welcome Holly,
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members – no question is too basic.
A great place to start is to read the “How to Use This Site” link on the upper right corner, “Start Here” section of the Home page. You might also find the “Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb” guidelines helpful.
Please participate and check in with us every day! We are constantly posting news about aquaponics and the good food movement.
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia
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