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.


Tuesday, 5 February 2019

A touch of the white stuff

Unusually for us in the south west we were hit by a couple of inches of snow last week, this certainly changed the appearance of Godney Aquaponics! With a coating of the white stuff the polytunnel felt to be a very different place - eerily quiet and with subdued light as the snow formed a kind of blanket which engulfed the plastic.


Out in the fields the blanket stretched across...
  

The hens weren't too keen and they didn't venture out, not much chance of working outside - I was certainly very pleased I had my nice warm potting shed - the sowing of salads must go on - still very much on the menu amongst the roasts and soups at the Sheppey Inn!

 
The snowy conditions didn't last for long and after a day the thaw began with a sprinkling left on the fields and defining the lynchets on Glastonbury Tor.
 
 
As the grass started to appear the girls began to investigate this unusual white blanket, a first time for many of them.
 
 
And before too long it was life as normal and just a few puddles left, perfect for spuddling in.
 
 

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