{"id":3249,"date":"2014-09-13T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T02:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:20","slug":"back-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/back-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Here I am, back from outer space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have returned!<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t go very far, I was just away from a computer for a few weeks. It sucked, but I made it out alive. Plus I had time to do some writing&#8230; which didn&#8217;t do me much good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--3250\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our first attempt at aquaponics has ended in failure \ud83d\ude41 The fish died and were sadly buried in the garbage can.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t our fault &#8212; I&#8217;m a registered fish killer, but these ones were not my victims. The pet store sold us ich infected fish that ended up floating belly up. We should have gone back for a refund, but by the time we realized the fish in the store&#8217;s tanks were covered in spots and acting sickly, we&#8217;d already thrown the deaders in the garbage. So the whole fish experience was a waste of money and a wash. Sucks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--3267\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re trying again with some new fish that my brother special ordered. Hopefully I&#8217;ll be growing lettuce, spinach, and tomatoes in just a few days. Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have returned! I didn&#8217;t go very far, I was just away from a computer for a few weeks. It sucked, but I made it out alive. Plus I had time to do some writing&#8230; which didn&#8217;t do me much good. Our first attempt at aquaponics has ended in failure \ud83d\ude41 The fish died and&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/back-outer-space\/\" title=\"Here I am, back from outer space\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Here I am, back from outer space<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kindled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-Qp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2620,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/aquaponics-growing-vegetables-and-fish-together\/","url_meta":{"origin":3249,"position":0},"title":"Aquaponics &#8211; growing vegetables and fish together","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"August 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, so I spent a ridiculous amount of time watching videos on aquaponics and I am simply amazed by the whole concept. 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