At last September’s Mother Earth News Fair I had the good fortune of meeting and sharing a condo with author, Deborah Niemann, and her husband.  They drove to Pennsylvania from Illinios, and brought with them homemade goat cheese and stories of life on their thriving homestead.  I asked Deborah if she would write a post for [...]

The Christmas holiday is all wrapped up and we are now entering the week before New Years, also known as the quietest week of the year.  Besides attending a wedding and a New Year’s Eve party, this week for us is all about reflecting on the past year, and refining our strategy for the upcoming [...]

Between having a houseful of people here over Thanksgiving week, and writing two other blog posts I’m punting in this blog this week (did you catch the football reference? LOL).  Instead of writing a post I’m going to link to the other two posts. The first was a guest post for a very cool blog [...]

As the year winds down and we prepare for my favorite American holiday, Thanksgiving, I am afforded the perfect excuse to give thanks to those who have meant so much to me, and to The Aquaponic Source, over the past year.  Here goes… Alan – No list of appreciation can ever start with anyone other [...]

I’ve been doing several radio interviews a week for the past few weeks to promote my new book, Aquaponic Gardening.  Radio interviews are usually fun because they are essentially conversations with very personable people about my favorite subject!  Most of the hosts have read the book and they generally ask thought-provoking questions, especially around the [...]