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Photos From the Farm – Friday, 4/12/2013
Vertical Farming Photos: The Bright Agrotech Vertical Farm – 4/12/2013 A Week in Review As a way of keeping our readers and friends up-to-date about what’s happening around the vertical farm we’ll be...
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Amending Soils with Manure [Building a Greenhouse Part 3]
Building a Greenhouse (Part 3) This is our third video post in a series on “Building a Greenhouse” and today we’re talking about soil amendments! In Part 1, we showed you some of the best benefits of...
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The Best Way to Plant Seeds
The Best Way to Plant Seeds Some seedlings in our greenhouse almost ready for transplant! Spring is upon us and that means it’s time to get those seeds started and ready for planting in your backyard...
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Understanding Iron in Aquaponics
Understanding Iron in Aquaponics *** Fair Warning: This post gets little technical! *** UPDATE: See the bottom of this post to find out what chelated iron products you can use in your AP system! Why is...
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Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 5/10/2013
Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 5/10/2013 Read on for a weekly recap of life at the Bright Agrotech vertical farm! Vertical Farm Photos As you can see, we harvested some REALLY tasty lettuce this week...
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Understanding Biological Surface Area in Aquaponics
Growing with aquaponics can be a fantastic way to experience higher yields, better efficiency and healthier plants. One aspect of this type of production method that often gets overlooked is Biological...
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Best Fish For Aquaponics
Best Fish For Aquaponics One of the first questions people often ask us is… “What is the best fish for aquaponics? Check out the video! The fact of the matter is there is no one perfect fish out there...
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Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 5/17/2013
Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 5/17/2013 Read on for a weekly recap of life at the Bright Agrotech vertical farm! Market Garden Prep This week was a BIG week for us as we prepare to plant our summer...
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Wood Burning Boilers
Wood Burning Boilers: What’s the hype about? Heating a greenhouse here in Wyoming is not an easy task. In a place that consistently gets winter temperatures below -20 and howling winds roaring at 40-60...
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Understanding Ammonia in Aquaponics
Ammonia in Aquaponics Ammonia, along with iron, is an important player in an aquaponics system. Being one of the primary fish products, Ammonia is important to understand. Hopefully this post will...
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Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 5/31/2013
Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 5/31/2013 Read on for a weekly recap of life at the Bright Agrotech vertical farm! Bright’s Bountiful CSA Baskets As you can see, our soil greenhouse is going absolutely...
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What is a ZipGrow Tower?
What is a ZipGrow Tower? ZipGrowTM Towers are top of the line, high density vertical farming or gardening towers developed by Dr. Nate Storey at the University of Wyoming. Nate Storey, Ph.D examines...
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Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 6/7/2013
Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 6/7/2013 Read on for a weekly recap of life at the Bright Agrotech vertical farm! What’s Happening This Week? It’s been a busy week here at the farm. On Monday, we shot a...
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Companion Planting
Companion Planting Understanding how plants interact is crucial to successfully growing multiple crop varieties and for successful farming and gardening in general. The Importance of Understanding...
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Why is Gardening Important?
Why is Gardening Important? If you keep up with this blog, chances are you already know why gardening is important. And yet, many of us get so involved in gardening as a career or a hobby that we...
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Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 6/14/2013
Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 6/14/2013 Read on for a weekly recap of life at the Bright Agrotech vertical farm! What’s Happening This Week at Bright Agrotech? Things are heating up at the Bright...
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Sizing a Pump for Aquaponics or Hydroponics
Sizing a Pump for Aquaponics or Hydroponics Variables For Calculating Pump Size Looking for a pump? Click here! Figuring out the correct size of pump for you aquaponics or hydroponics system is...
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Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 6/21/2013
Vertical Farm Photos – Friday 6/21/2013 Read on for a weekly recap of life at the Bright Agrotech vertical farm! What’s Happening This Week at Bright Agrotech’s Vertical Farm? Welcome to our weekly...
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A Typical Morning at the Vertical Farm & Soil Greenhouse
A Typical Morning at the Vertical Farm & Soil Greenhouse (VFB) Since we don’t have a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup this week and thus not too many photos from around the vertical...
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Aquaponics Stocking Density
Stocking density is a major consideration for anyone starting out in aquaponics. As so many people have asked about the best density for crop production, Dr. Nate Storey has given us an introduction to...
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