I have been swamped lately with all sorts of projects that have kept me away from PB for quite some time now, so I thought I'd update everyone on what's going on. I've been busy constructing a new hatchery facility (from scratch), consulting on several aquaculture/aquaponics related projects, assisting with some commercial filtration system designs for a good friend of mine, taking care of the normal tilapia hatchery operations, renovating a commercial building in North Kansas City and relocating a healthcare business of mine to the new digs, raising our now 6 month old twin boys and on and on. I decided that this simply wasn't enough stuff to keep me busy (I am beginning to think I'm crazy), so we started construction on our new home recently as well.
It took about 3 years of going through re-zoning, subdividing, planning and designing to get to the point of breaking ground. We started on the new house just 3 weeks ago, but here's where we are at today.
This is my backyard. A 12 acre pond/mini-lake. Welcome to White Brook Farm.
I've lived on or worked around small family farms for much of my life and believe it's a wonderful environment for raising children and living a happy, healthy life in general. Combined with also being a pond management nerd and just overall fish geek, this is an absolute dream come true for me, as well as my wife, Sarah.
I plan to update this thread as things progress. Hope you enjoy as I take you through our ongoing home building journey!
