Wife decided to try making Enzyme with Pineapple Peel after watching a YouTube Video. As she have some communication issue which like to assume other people will understand her fully without even providing all the necessary information. I had a hard time trying to figure out what she actually want when she approach me for help on the Pineapple Enzyme.
The Proportion Ratio is actually 1:3:10 for Brown Sugar, Pineapple Peel and Water. But due to miscommunication I thought she meant 1:3:30 as she told me the water suppose to be 10 part of Pineapple Peel instead of Brown Sugar.
So she happily add 130g of Brown Sugar, 400g of Pineapple Peel and 3l of Water in the Big Glass Jar and 65g of Brown Sugar, 200g of Pineapple Peel and 1.5l of Water in the Small Glass Jar. Later when Sixth Aunt saw my Facebook Post and correct us, we had to adjust the proportion again.
So since she had fixed amount of 600g of Pineapple Peel, we decided to put all into the Big Glass Jar. The Glass Jar is 4l capacity which capable of making 3l Enzyme with 900g of Pineapple Peel, 300g of Brown Sugar, 25% Air Gap. Now it is reduce to 2l with 600g of Pineapple Peel, 200g of Brown Sugar, 50% Air Gap.
We had to adjust the Proportion by adding 110g of Brown Sugar as it had only 90g left with 2l Water. The remaining Brown Sugar is 105g in 2.75l of Water store in Plastic Bottle reserve for other usage, we still need to add 195g of Brown Sugar and 0.25l of Water next time to get the Proportion right.
New French Bean had Sprout after 6 days, not sure if it will survive this time round. Just had to keep trying until we ran out of the seed, that is what happen with Cucamelon now. New Eggplant which had Sprout end of last month is dying, hopefully there will be new sprout these few days with the seed which we planted for the third time last week together with the French Bean, Jalapeno and Cucumber.
8th May 2020 Pineapple Enzyme
9th May 2020 New French Bean had Sprout after 6 days
New Cucumber had Sprout after 7 days, the Potato had also finally Sprout after 2 months. Bak Choy and Choy Sum had Sprout after 2 days, my Wife decided to put some Coconut Fibre as Munch for those pot which are expose to the sun and rain.
Sudden
heavy downpour and strong wind causing damage to the Wind Mill. We
might have to buy another stronger one. Wife start to panic as she is
afraid that the New Vegetables Sprouts will be destroy. She was supposed
to put up the protection net this morning and I had already prepared
the whole setup for her since one month ago. She had the tendency to
drag all the stuffs until last minute. So I had to brave the rough
weather just to set the whole thing up for her again.
10th May 2020 New Cucumber had Sprout after 7 days
10th May 2020 Potato had Sprout after 2 months
10th May 2020 Bak Choy had Sprout after 2 days
10th May 2020 New Choy Sum had Sprout after 2 days
10th May 2020 Wind Mill Damage and Protection Net Setup
Roselle had Sprout after 3 days, Wife had start to check on how to make tea with it. She also like to study the health benefit of the food stuff because of a popular Korean Drama. I manage to get the White Bitter Gourd for her, she then start learning about everything she need to know about it. The Mini Bitter Gourd did not sprout after one month of long wait, as we only had 5 seeds in the package and had panted all we can only shift our hope for the White Bitter Gourd.
Try to look for another suitable Wind Mill Replacement from Online Shopping Site, most are either too small or not shiny enough. Finally decided to modify the existing one with old Microsoft Windows XP CD, I choose it out of all the other old CD is because it look better with design. I also hang a old hard disk at the end of the pole as backup in case the Wind Mill got damage again. The new Wind Mill does not turn freely with light wind, it is either too heavy or out of balance. I cannot do anything much in reducing the weight but I can trim the blade to ensure it is balance.
11th May 2020 Roselle had Sprout after 3 days.
Wind Mill Modification with Old Microsoft Windows XP CD.
Aquarium
Tank for Crystal Shrimp complete setup, now only waiting for the
Crystal Shrimp to be deliver. First step to Aquaponics. I had also order a smaller Aquaponics Aquarium Tank for Vegetables Sprout, the Bak Choy, Kale and Spinach Micro Green Seed had also arrived.
I had order Spinach, Asparagus, Cabbage, Kale, Bak Choi, Lettuce, Broccoli, Zucchini, Okra and Lemon Balm Seeds from Horti as it is hard to find some at the Supermarket now. Also order a Wind Mill Generator Toy for fun, it will impress those small kids and inspire them to learn more about science and engineering.
12th May 2020 Aquarium Tank for Crystal Shrimp setup complete.
The Crystal Shrimp finally arrived, I temporary house them in two small containers for the next 14 days while I condition the main tank water. Did a rough layout of how I want my tank to look and start the cultivation of the bacteria for the next 14 days.
Already had plan for modification of the tank top cover for Aquaponics setup, only lacking the tray and angle bar as I am unable to get during the lock down period. Sixth Aunt told me that the tray I give her is not suitable for her method of sprouting, so I kind of solve one worry of getting new tray for the modification.
My army buddy is very interested in Crystal Shrimp too, he book the offspring of my next generation if the breeding is successful. Sixth Aunt also interested in Crystal Shrimp too, she is planning to use her old fish tank for it.
She ask me if I want all her husband old aquarium stuffs, but I told her my planning is kind of completed and had no plan for future expansion at the present moment. I ask her to consult my Cousin Michael to see if he is interest or not as he is more experience in aquarium and he use to keep mini blue lobster before.
My Wife is not very happy about my new spending, but she kind of change her mind after seeing how cute the Crystal Shrimp is. I know she is very into Aquarium as we always spend a lot of time visiting Aquarium and Ocean Theme Park locally and during our overseas tour. I am more of an animal lover who prefer Safari Zoo and Animal Cafe.
13th May 2020 Temporary Quarantine for 14 days.
13th May 2020 Rough Setup before Condition of the Water.
Cousin Iris is interested in the Micro Green, so I send some seeds to her as I am going to send some to Sixth Aunt too. Wife is start to become interested in the Crystal Shrimp as I had expected, she treat them like precious babies and I had to do the farming work for her while she watch over them.
She notice some shrimp jumping up and down and call me to observe, seem like the shrimp had shit too much and the concentration of Ammonia had cause a crash in their small container. I immediately make the decision to transfer them into the big tank to save the situation.
Not sure if we are lucky, we only suffer lost of two of each color. The blessing is we have a lot of fertilized water for our vegetables which is the main purpose of the setup. My Wife is too sentimental and refuse to give up on the dying shrimp, I told her the body will rot and affect the water quality and kill the other healthy shrimp.
My Wife prepared the seed of Mini Spinach for Sprouting, I had also order some Volcanic Ash for improving the soil quality. Found a solar powered Butterfly which doesn't seem to work, but I still put it near to the pot in hope to attract some real butterfly. Finally saw the humming bird which my wife had been talking about, it is a good sign that the plant attract them.
15th May 2020 Final Setup for Aquarium
New Eggplant had Sprout after 12 days, a bit longer than expected but still hopeful it will survive. Some of the plants are not as easy as what other had claim, we can only keep trying to gain more knowledge and experience to do it better.
Crystal Shrimp continue to die even after the water condition became better, now only left 6 red and 8 yellow. We are still very hopeful as there is about 3 red shrimp that look like they are going to hatch their eggs. For beginner like us with no experience we are already mentally prepare for total failure at first try.
Luck seem to favor us with less then 50% fatality rate, the water condition had been very stable and we are confidence that the remaining stronger shrimp will continue to survive well. Discover that the Bacteria that require two weeks to generate is for the breaking down of the shit, ask my cousin to help me look for any shop which sell Otocinclus Catfish which will help to clean up the tank.
The Beet Seed which Sixth Aunt send had arrive today, the other Vegetables Seed which I order fro Horti also arrive together. After much discussion with my Wife we decided to use the Long Pot which is previously for Carrot to grow Zucchini and Beet, the other pot for Carrot also use for Okra.
I ask my wife to grow Lemon Balm on 4 Small Pot, planning to give them to Sixth Aunt, Cousin Iris and Michael. We also add some sand to the Capsicum soil to see if it improve the condition, the root had rot due to too much water in the soil.
My Wife finally agree to shift half of the Sweet Potato to the Peanut Long Pot, she also grow Peanut and Sweet Potato together at two Long Pot as Sixth Aunt told me that Peanut to provide nutrient to the soil. The Sweet Potato seem to be lack of nutrient with leaf turning yellow with so many plant squeezing in one pot.
My Wife also decided to start sprouting some Bak Choy Micro Green, I told her the earlier she start the earlier we can harvest and eat it. She seem to be able to trust my judgement more as she start to understand that my ability to plan for different situation before it happen.
15th May 2020 New Eggplant had Sprout after 12 days
15th May 2020 Final Setup for Crystal Shrimp Tank with Blue Crystal Pebbles marking out safe area.
As we constantly heard abnormal noise coming from the built in filter I decided to fabricate a backup filter even though it is just cause by dirty filter element. Brought a Portable Air Pump which could be use with Power Bank by USB Connection as back up in case there is a power failure.
As I had the power supply plug assembly with USB Connection, I decided to put the Air Pump into operation. Modified a Computer Cooling Fan for the Tank, it will help to reduce the water temperature and it is much less expensive than the ready made one in the market.
The original plan to use the Water Cool Type CPU Cooler to modify for Tank cooling will be temporary put on hold until I can get the necessary part for it for Sim Lim Square after the end of Circuit Breaker Period. Mushroom start to Sprout in the Carrot Pot, the soil condition had been one of the best but still no luck with Carrot and Strawberry.
Modification of Back Up Filter
Drying of Sea Shell under the Sun
17th May 2020 Mushroom Sprout instead of Carrot
Modification of Cooling Fan for Aquarium
When I woke up in the morning I saw the Shrimp eating the dead body of another Shrimp. This is not really a bad thing as it save me a lot of trouble to remove the body. My Wife refuse to remove one Orange Rili Shrimp body when it die, by the time I went to remove it I found another Orange Rili Shrimp had die just beside it.
Women are too sentimental, my wife keep having the fantasy that a miracle would happen to bring the dead Shrimp back to life. Because of that she had cause the death of more Shrimp, this is how emotion create more problem instead of solving it.
My Mom also not very happy when she saw the Shrimp eating the body of another Shrimp. I told her there is nothing much I can do about it. She think the bigger Shrimp kill the smaller Shrimp because I did not give them enough food. I start feeding them more food even though they haven't even finish the previous one which I had fed them.
I had to place the food in the path of their frequent swim pass, they doesn't seem to be interested even though they are able to access the feeding bowl. I guess they are observing the Circuit Breaker Measure by not Dining In but prefer Take Away instead. True enough they really practice Safety Social Distancing even when they are feeding.
Bak Choy Micro Green had Sprout after 2 days, it is faster than the Mini Spinach which will only Sprout in another one more day from the look of it. Beet Root had also start to Sprout after 4 days together with the Okra, and what surprised me is that the Jalapeno had finally decide to Sprout after 15 days of long wait.
I had order some Volcanic Soil to be use as Enhancement for all the Fruits and Vegetables. My Wife had finally start to use the Aquarium Water for the Plant. The Strawberry doesn't seem to be successful after waiting for a month without any sign of sprouting. Yesterday my Mom and Wife witness the actual operation of the Wind Power Generator, it will help them to know that a Thunder Storm is coming whenever the Red LED light up.
Crystal Shrimp Feeding
18th May 2020 Bak Choy Micro Green Sprout after 2 days
18th May 2020 Beet Root had Sprout after 4 days
18th May 2020 Okra had Sprout after 4 days
18th May 2020 Jalapeno had Sprout after 15 days
The Lemon Balm and Baby Spinach had start to Sprout after 5 days. A lot of shrimp had die and I had to dose the powder again within 3 days instead of the recommended two weeks.
20th May 2020 Lemon Balm had Sprout after 5 days
20th May 2020 Baby Spinach had Sprout after 5 days.
Zucchini had Sprout after 7 days, we had high hope for this plant. It will be the biggest of all and yield a lot of fruits. It also doesn't really need much care and will provide shelter for other plant with it's massive leaf. Crystal Shrimp had finally stop dying, guess the water condition finally stable after a week of conditioning. It is still recommended to take at least two weeks to properly cultivate the bacteria, I had taken a short cut and calculated risk because of the unforeseen circumstances.
22nd May 2020 Zucchini had Sprout after 7 days
