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.


Saturday 7 May 2022

Home grown

Now normally with our horticultural hats on when we talk about home grown we are refering to vegetables. But for the first time since we have been keeping chickens we can relate this to our new bouncing Brahmas. Our reliable 'mother' Carpet has recently hatched out a full clutch of eggs. But they were no ordinary eggs - they were home produced Brahma eggs.
Courtesy of our Brahma ladies
and Big Boy our spectaular cockerel
we had 6 fertile jewels of new life.
After 21 days of dedication we had our first glimpse
Then to our delight our clever little bantam had managed to hatch out not just 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 BUT 6!!
Six lovely little bouncing brahmas, from our very own flock - something I have always wanted to do... We have watched how different the temprement of hens is when they are hatched and raised in the flock, so for this alone it has been an aspiration.
So cute...
In true Brahma style their rate of growth is incredible and just 11 days old they are outside foraging and running cirlces around their mother - that's little'uns for you!
However, come evening time - exhausted from a day of activity and learning, the warmth of mum's feathers will always be top of the list

Home grown

Now normally with our horticultural hats on when we talk about home grown we are refering to vegetables. But for the first time since we hav...