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, 15 December 2018

Our completed winter fuel store

After several days of willow pollarding, moving of brash and logging we have been busy splitting and stacking the timber we need as fuel for the next few winters to keep us warm - and more!

 
With plenty of timber available to us we have also offered to provide a supply of dry logs to the local pub, so we have prepared and stacked separately - sized appropriately for our small wood burner and their large open fireplace.

 
An excellent job to have completed before Christmas and before the weather has turned wet making the ground conditions in the fields soggy and difficult - we are well pleased.

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