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 3 February 2020

All grown up!!

Looking back


It is so hard to believe that something so small...


Which came from a tiny egg...


Is now all grown up and laying her own eggs!!


Although some of the little 'uns haven't yet got used to using nest boxes - but then looking at the photo above neither have the bigger ones either and they don't have the excuse of laying their first ever egg - very special indeed!!

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