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.


Sunday 18 March 2018

The final piece of the concrete jigsaw

This weekend saw us lay the final piece of the concrete jigsaw on the barn floor, well at least for now.

 

Melv prepared the middle section of the floor ready, scrapping back any high bits and wetting down to keep the dust under control.

 
By 8am, the 1 tonne dumper was standing at the ready while the concrete lorry did its mixing.
 
 
Then as if by magic and several dumper loads later, Melv and Matt had it laid and it seemed to make the space look even bigger - it was great to know that it was going to mean the end to all the dust, giving us another excellent clean space to work in.

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