Here are some photos I took yesterday as the farm site is finally set up for the first experiment to go ahead. There is a shade cloth overhead to keep the plants from getting sun scorch, and also a very nice irrigation system has just been installed. You can see the mist created by the irrigation, which keeps the leaves nice and susceptible to disease! The different cultivars and treatments in the experiment are randomised among each rack of plants.
In this picture you can see the shade cloth overhead and the complicated plumbing for the 6 zones of the structure so that I can program each zone (which are all colour coded!) to come on for a certain time separately!
This is a rain gauge, one of many sensors I have in the plot to record the conditions the plants are experiencing. the rain is funnelled into a small tipping bucket which holds a specific amount, each tip is recorded and the water drips out of the bottom of the bucket.
In this picture you can see the shade cloth overhead and the complicated plumbing for the 6 zones of the structure so that I can program each zone (which are all colour coded!) to come on for a certain time separately! 
This is a rain gauge, one of many sensors I have in the plot to record the conditions the plants are experiencing. the rain is funnelled into a small tipping bucket which holds a specific amount, each tip is recorded and the water drips out of the bottom of the bucket. 
Above are my first male and female betta fish or siamese fighting fish, unfortunately the male died soon after I got him and I replaced him with a new one and also replaced the female for fear that she too was sick with the same problem which killed the male. I got an almost Identical pair and tried to mate them but I couldn't get them to do it, the male would make a bubble nest but then they didn't ever put eggs in it. In the end the female died, I don't know what of, I know the water chemistry is fine and I'm feeding them bloodworms which they love. Anyway I am bored with Bettas, they are not that interesting and have to be kept in separate bowls which is annoying. Below is my original male. 
This is my newer male who I still have. There is also a trap door snail in here too on the bottom. He slides around the glass keeping it clean! 
In a larger bowl I have 2 red capped gold fish and a black moor fish with bulging eyes (see bottom photo): 
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