I have finally gotten back to working on the AP unit. I didn't think we would ever get the soil gardens finished. The new grow tubes are in and most of the holes are planted. It turned out that I was only able to get 5 tubes into the space I had, but I did manage to make room for 3 half-barrel grow beds. 

There are really 5 tubes here, one is just shy I guess. The barrel beds are visible at the bottom center. As you can see there are still some spare parts laying on top. I will try to get some completed pics in a day or so. As for the rest of the system, it is doing great.

The Juliet grape tomatoes are doing good.

These are the Redhouse Freestanding tomatoes, it shouldn't be long for them either.

The only problems have been the temperature swings with the fish tanks, and not enough grow bed space.  These hot days and cool nights don't agree with the fish. I have added more water to the tanks, hoping this will help moderate things. Time will tell I guess. I may have to come up with some kind of a way to get rid of the heat from the water. Then I guess I will just have to keep expanding the growing space. I would like to try and make some of the verticle grow towers. That would give me a lot more growing area in less space.

It seems like all I have been doing lately is mowing and weed eating. I had hoped to have the next 7-8 grow tubes up and running but they are still sitting on the ground. Part of the reason is I waited to get some of the parts from Home Depot. I was able to save about 60 dollars, so I guess they can wait till next week to become operational. I still need to order the duckweed, but I needed to wait and see how much I was spending on the growtubes. That will be ordered next week as well.

It is time to update. I now have 5 tanks up and running very nicely. The plants in the growbeds are doing great. The grow tube that was added to tank #2 has really impressed me. So much so, that we will be working on adding 7 or 8 more tomorrow night.  I'm not sure what we will plant in them, but I know they will be full as soon as they are completed.  The framework for the duckweed tanks is in place. I will get the starter crop ordered this week.