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, 22 September 2020

Secret Squash

Not so secret now!!!

Melv gave the well grown squash fruits some light by cutting back their leaves to allow them to ripen and didn't we have a lovely surprise.
We found some beauties, just waiting to shine in the sunshine. However there wasn't just one there were...
many, peppered all across the ground
All shapes, sizes and colours...

Quite amazing, they have quietly been getting on with doing what they do best, taking up all the ground has to offer and absorbing the suns rays and warmth they to grow into something just so beautiful and wowing.


Now if that isn't both special and inspirational then what is - the magic of growing something from seed and watching it grow, (with the added benefit of being edible!), brings an uncomplicated sense of reality to our existence, that will never change, however uncertain the rest of life in this world currently seems.

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