Vidar - foreigner in Philippines

[vihalvor]

Hello guys and gals.
My name is Vidar , im a Norwegian guy, living and studying in Manila, Philippines.
I grew up as a farmers son, and have never quite forgotten my roots, not the interest of farming.. i just never took to the traditional ways of farming... sow, weed, wait...
I have been dabbling with hydroponics theory for a while, and designed a few systems which ( an electrical engineering friend of mine verified it) i know would work. Nothing fancy but it keeps me busy...
A few days ago i found the concept of Aquaphonics, and the pieces of my puzzle came together .... so now im here, hoping to learn from you all, ask ( silly, but .. her its how i learn ) questions, and hopefully come up wth a concept which will help my filipino family become self sufficient first, then, go into corporate (small first) agriculture here....

-vidar-

[Pugo]

Welcome to the forum..And Welcome to APHQ! We seem to have the same game plan..

[Shane]

Hi Vidar, welcome.

[Mean and Green]

Hi Vidar welcome the APHQ family! There is a ton of people in the Philippines that are doing aquaponics right now, i'm surprised you haven't ran into anyone yet.

[vihalvor]

oh im sure there are plenty of people doing it already.. but as many foreigners will see... once something is successful, a lot of people want to do it, and as a consequence of that.. many of those who do it, stops sharing :P ..
Thats why i have found forums to be such a fantastic wealth of information

[Frydaze1]

hoping to learn from you all, ask ( silly, but .. her its how i learn ) questions

We all came here to ask silly questions. And we stay to ask more silly questions while answering other people's silly questions that we've already learned the answers to. If no one were asking or learning anything, there would be no need for the forum at all.

Welcome!

[Valerian]

We all came here to ask silly questions. And we stay to ask more silly questions while answering other people's silly questions that we've already learned the answers to. If no one were asking or learning anything, there would be no need for the forum at all.

Welcome!

Well said!

[GaryD]

Hi Valerian,

Welcome to AHPQ.

I share your enthusiasm for tolerance when it comes to dealing with the questions (and foibles) of other forum members.

There's only room for tolerant people on this forum. (are you hearing me Nelson?).

Gary

[vihalvor]

so .. decided to go shop for a small 60 L tub tomorrow, and just make a hydrophonic floating raft first, so it can cycle a few months before i upgrade it to a aquaponic system :P ... and no .. i wont be posting pics of it.. will do when the lettuces are in full bloom thou .. :P

[Pugo]

Be careful out there, the streets are flooded again from what hear.