Monday, December 7, 2009

The veggie pics were taken on the 29th of November and the fish pic on the 7th of December. (The fish look pretty tiny - they're actually between 10 and 20 cm.) There's another fish tank, with about the same amount of fish - about 45 in all.

We haven't had much rain at all since July and it's a real pleasure to visit the aquaponics garden. This project really shows how water efficient these systems are, compared to the dirt garden, which has just about given up! Veggies include: tomatoes, strawberries, Lebanese cucumbers, climbing beans, basil, chives, lettuce, silverbeet, beetroot, and an experimental rock melon.


2 comments:

  1. Aquaponics is a combination of aquaculture, which is growing best fish for aquaponics and other aquatic animals, and hydroponics which is growing plants without soil.

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  2. I have a river turtle he’s a big boy/girl he was a he until she laid eggs. Lol. dirty bugger if ever. But I guess it would be possible to use that water but not the un composted sludge due to ammonia.

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