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Final Blog Post of 2015

6/9/2015

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We successfully grew a gigantic herb plant this year that eventually took over the rest of the grow beds.  We probably should have managed it a little better.  There was a broccoli plant that seemed to be doing well but there was a pump malfunction (I neglected to clean it), and the grow beds flooded for a couple of weeks.  The herb plant even crowded out the tomatillo plants in the end.  There were about five carrot plants that grew for the entire year!  You would think that they would either be huge or they would be shriveled and gross, but they actually tasted pretty good!  A few students might disagree with me but I would eat them again.  

I was very close to hosting a fish fry on the second to last day of school, but the ammonia levels were a little elevated and we actually had two fish die in the last two weeks.  We had enough left so that every student would get half a fillet, but I decided not to risk it.  Maybe next year we'll try it...  Instead, we will have to dispose of the fish in the bushes.  The DNR permit allowing me to have lake fish in my classroom also stated that I could not put them back.  So, thanks for your help, fish!  To the weeds with you!  If you look at the videos section of this website, you'll find a video that shows clips of our aquaponics experiment this year.  
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Bryce
6/9/2015 04:00:07 am

This video is interesting I like it

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Georgia
9/8/2015 01:44:52 pm

It is so COOL I loved it

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