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.


Friday, 2 April 2021

Very Special Easter Eggs

Never has Good Friday been so special, as these beautiful blue eggs are about to do something rather amazing...
They are Cream Legbar eggs and they are about to hatch - and Good Friday is the day!!

Three of our young bantams all went broody together, 2 were getting bullied, so to enable them to satisfy their natural urges and keep them safe - we thought - 'Why not...'

Knowing the really placid temperament of Cream Legbar hens, with our very own Dennis (named after Dennis Waterman from 'Minder' for looking after the bantams!) - already part of our existing flock we collected some local eggs - from a farm just 10 miles away. 
Eggs in the nests at the ready and that is all it took...
In seconds the eggs were safely underneath - a natural 
and there they have stayed
Now 21 days later, we wait expectantly, to see our little bantams be not so steadfast and of course for a first glimpse of a new life - the small head of a chick to appear from underneath.
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