arteteco @arteteco@qoto.org

Another hot day, another bath. It is still rough around the edges esthetically, but I'd say that ecologically is quite stable: the fishes (gambusia) are able to eat most of the mosquito's larvaes and are providing enough fertilizer for the plants to grow; papyrus, iris and lotus are giving enough oxygen to fishes, and are eating up most of their feces, keeping the water clean.
#garden #pond #permaculture

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@ral , how is your little fella doing? My gingers are doing fine, I love the way they grow in neat angles!

https://qoto.org/media/YsX81AhsPUJZFWlAj58

Chikoos ripe on the ground, not on the tree, so the #ants can't eat them before other animals do. To solve the problem, they create a kind of greenhouse with leaves around the chikoos, speed up the ripening and the whole colony feasts on it.

Wonders of #entomology.

Picture taken in a #farm in #india

Ecosystem is not just massive scale things. What about the Howard Odum's jar ecosystems? Keep them well sealed and they may go on indefinitely.

Plant creates Carbohydrates from air with light, little mites eat the organic debris and release CO2, the plants reuses it to create more plant, and so on. Ecosystems always strive for abundance.

We'll see how this works out =)

#ecosystem #ecology

I guess this #mycelium liquid culture didn't go that well... That's why you always want to make a few spare jars! #mushroomgrowing

https://qoto.org/media/rgte2qIACCNcqJ-ZSF4

Ok well, I'll admit the plan @ral
In the water reservoir there are 2cm diameter strings of polypropylene going down till the bottom of the barrel, which should get the water to the soil by capillarity (tested many, this was the best string).
It is automatically refilled with a floating valve, so no energy needed.

The small orange thing in the enter is a #wormcomposting tower, so I just throw my kitchen scraps in there and it should replenish the fertility.
Every hole of course is where a plant will go.

ok, this project is started. Looks a bit retro#solarpunk, but it's a practical thing. Who can guess what it is and what does it do? =D Some hints: #gardening #permaculture #urbangardening #compost

https://qoto.org/media/BXaA6G07Y3AwC0FBCcs

It's so true that a bath in the right moment in the right place can be so relaxing... and so ecologically useful!
#pond #bathtub #gardening
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