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.


Saturday, 17 March 2018

Three whoppers!!!

The arrival of three big 'uns!! 
 
 
Yes - our fish tanks have arrived 
 
 
I could pretend that Melv collected them in the truck - but the lorry was too big to get down the lane, so just a short trip in the back of the truck was needed - getting them off was a challenge - stand back and let them roll...
 
 
 A length of rope gave us some control and they were soon on the deck and with the help of a couple of planks we slid them into the barn.
 

At 2,800 litres in size they even looked big in the barn!!



Our insulated 'fish house' was already for their arrival


We opened the big door at the end of the building and with the help of Melv's mate Matt they were wrestled into place.

 
One, two, three they took up their places a long the back wall, ready to be able to flow water from one to another.
 
 
Next to be installed will be the filters - which we have arranged to collect from Bristol, then the pipe work and pumps, so a little it to do before we can introduce our finned friends.
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