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Posted on 10.14.13 under aquaponics


Yes, we have bufo porn! When they do what they have to do to sustain the species, the smaller one rides the larger and the result is a miniature black pearl necklace that wetly glistens.

A lot of wildlife has been attracted to the system. And thrived in in the troughs.

Here is the result of bufo love. Tons of tadpoles…

After the netting went on, dragonflies were trapped inside. They sense water better than knowing when to escape. They would fly in front of the open screen door and ignore it, completely.

Dragonfly eggs are laid in the water. The larvae live in the water, eating mosquito eggs and larva. Then they crawl out of the water, dry out and fly out of the exo-skeleton, leaving the husk.


Kath and Bryson cleaned T1 or water hyacinth roots, guppies, snails, tadpoles, and bufos. Kath painted and just put in some rafts. Holes to be drilled at a later date when we know what we’re growing.

T2 is on the left. Most of the green is water hyacinth which is a temporary filter for the water. Here are the vegetable test plants.

Ong Choi and New Zealand lettuce, courtesy of Larry Yonashiro.


Tilapia as expressionistic painting.

View from the aisle between T3 and T4 to the nursery (still under construction).

Should be able to get a lot done in the 9 more days that Malcolm will be there.

One step closer

Posted on 09.13.13 under aquaponics

The insect netting came in and it’s up and over.



Troughs are still almost empty. The weed mat keeps the sun off the water to discourage algae growth.

Roots of control vegetables: New Zealand spinach, water spinach (Ong choy), and peppermint. They have been in for one week.

All powered — or underpowered at this point by:

We’re only at about 10% capacity for the fish.

Getting really pregnant…

Posted on 08.25.13 under aquaponics


Not the birth canal, but two of the aquaponics troughs with the completed netting structure.

When you’re six months pregnant, you can’t just hit “pause” and go do something else. We are more than fully committed…

In lieu of taking meds for cancer, diabetes and other conditions that the Western medical culture loves to hook you on, I think that raw vegetable juicing might be part of a good start to get off them.

Aquaponics construction has started at Anekona

Posted on 07.02.13 under aquaponics

In lieu of starving if the status quo is not maintained, Anekona is building a 1024 sq ft aquaponics system. We visited Aquaponics No Ka Oi in Kahului to see how Patty and Larry have been doing it for the past 3 years. Their system, No Ka Oi, is based around a 512 sq system, but there are a lot of “add ons,” like an ebb and flow bed, bio-filters, and the nursery.


Larry Yoneshiro (right) is the chief consultant for the system with

Wesley Chun, the plant expert.


Hmmm… Fish provide the plant nutrients, not chemicals? Yes, it’s more of an art than a science.
Bryson (right), a master carpenter, is part of the construction team.


Ivo, of Wildco Construction and the contractor for the construction (and of all of Anekona), measure and lasers to pull strings for the outlines of the vegetable troughs.

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