Godney Aquaponics


Godney Aquaponics
In the village of Godney, with the beautiful back drop of the Glastonbury Tor, Melv and Sal are embarking on a new venture. Fed up with the poor quality of veg in the shops, they have the ambition to set up an aquaponics system to provide fresh vegetables and salad crops for the village, and with a little help from their hens a supply of fresh free range eggs too.


What is Aquaponics??


What is Aquaponics??
Aquaponics is a sustainable method of producing quality food with minimal external inputs. It is a system that combines conventional aquaculture (e.g. fish in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. Water from the aquaculture system is fed to the hydroponic system where the by-products are broken down and are utilised by the plants as nutrients, and the water is then re-circulated back to the aquaculture system.


Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Head for heights - turning the lights on

The barn at over 500m2 in size has got a large and complicated roof area to match, some of which is in desperate need of repair, particularly the roof lights which are in the form of corrugated Perspex sheets.


The view from inside, showing the tires being used to hold the sheets down, with all the recent gales we have had that can't be the best approach!!


The view from the roof was not much better, with very brittle sheets curled up at the edges and full of holes.

We were also keen to replace the sheets, not only because they leaked, but also because their were in really poor condition which meant that they were not acting as roof lights as they should. This soon became very obvious as the first was removed and replaced, it was just like someone had turned the lights on!


Not having a head for heights, Melv called on the help and expertise of best mate Matt and together they were soon onto the long run of tired covered sheets. With the help from a grinder and hammer the old sheets hit the deck and the new ones were slid into place.


From underneath it was starring to look amazing as the light transformed the area of the barn below.


Last but not least there was one remaining pair of sheets left, which were in very poor condition, with the technique now perfected these were soon completed.


How smart is that!!

But wait for it - someone has turned the light on in the barn - the result is incredible!!


and of course there is the bonus that the roof doesn't leak any more!!

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