ArBe's suburban backyard

arbe · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:44 am

Thought I would share some pics of my suburban backyard while I did my rounds this morning.

This morning started with picking some oats I am growing in my Aquaponics system:

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Which I then fed to my chooks:

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arbe · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:48 am

The chooks love the fresh oats and have been giving us 3 - 4 eggs every day:

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After taking care of the chooks I feed the fish in my AP system:

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The fish are always hungry. As soon as you walk near the tank you can hear them 'mouthing' the water waiting for the food to be thrown in.

arbe · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:54 am

In addition to the AP system and Chooks I also have a grapevine and orange tree:

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These are still getting established but are growing fast.

I also have some strawberries growing in a wicking bed. These are doing well despite the neglect they received until recently.

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Since I pulled out all the old growth they have really shown improvement.

Finally, here is the newest addition to the family. Her name is Ruby and she is about 6 months old.

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red beard · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:50 pm

bloody hell arbe anouther dog
garden's looking good now wate till that dog gets into it :scared2:

Callatya · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:17 pm

Looking good! Nice layout. Where is the aquaponic system in relation to everything else?

arbe · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:06 pm

Callatya, here is a pic showing the layout of my backyard:

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Redbeard, one of our dogs is getting quiet old. Just lays around doing pretty much nothing. I am amazed she is still here.

The new dog is my partners and for my dog to play with.

If you notice the plastic mesh around the wicking bed - that is to keep the new dog out. She likes to jump up there and dig. Luckily she cant jump up on the grow bed like Lucy used to.

Burnsy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:08 am

Nice koi mate, we have koi in our ap as well as the tank is a feature outside our front door. Need to get a a few more, where did you get yours? Our last lot came from the lily farm.

arbe · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:12 am

Burnsy. Got the koi from the Swan Valley Fish and Lily farm.

Burnsy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:59 am

arbe wrote:

Burnsy. Got the koi from the Swan Valley Fish and Lily farm.

Same place, it is a pretty cool setup they have. We need to visit again to get some fetiliser cubes for the three lillies in the pond as they did not flower as prolifically last year as the first year we had them.

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