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.


Monday, 25 February 2019

A flavour of an unusual February

The recent sunny and atypically warm February days have been a very welcome change from the dark, damp, short winter days of January and have produced brilliant growing conditions for our salad trays.
 

The light in the polytunnel has been just amazing...


The different shades of the baby leaves light up as they respond to the longer days and the intensity of the sun - a real treat to see.


It is great to see our stock for the busier months now building up as we seek for continuity of supply through the spring and as we head towards holiday time. This all kind of kicks off at Easter in April, which in growing terms is not that far away!!

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