If you're checking into organic or aquaponic gardening you are probably thinking about or already tending a garden of your own. This isn't a bad idea considering the present economic situation. Did you know that you can easily build your own aquaponic system?
I went into the store to buy salad makings for dinner and after spending several minutes picking through heads of lettuce that were partially brown or so wilted the leaves were slimy, I found a head of lettuce about the size of a navel orange. I was bothered more with the condition of the lettuce they were trying to sell and with wasting my time than I was with the price which was $1.99 a head.
Maybe it's just me, but I like my vegetables fresh and crisp. It's getting so hard to find good produce at supermarkets anymore. The tomatoes are too soft. The cucumbers are too spongy.I could go on and on, but, you get the idea. To pick up a tomato here and a cucumber there gets really costly in gas and time.
While doing research my interest was really peaked by something called Aquaponics 4 you. I did a lot of research and became more and more interested. I don't like playing in the dirt or killing bugs and hungry little critters, so aquaponics really sounded like the way to go.
If you love gardening, or the idea of gardening but you have a bad back, or bad knees, or arthritis, or not enough of time, or one of a million other reasons not to enduldge in your interest, aquaponics may be just what you're looking for. Aquaponics is the collaboration between aquaculture and hydroponics. Sounds scary, huh? Simply put, aquaponics is fish and plants working together to keep each other healthy.
If you like the idea of saving, and maybe even earning money, you should find aquaponic gardening attractive. You can raise healthy fish for food or for recreational purposes as well as healthy, fresh vegetables or decorative plants.
When you have an aquarium you have an automatic filter or you have to remove the fish so you can clean the tank and fill it with clean water. If you don't, your fish will die. During the recirculation process in an aquaponic system that water is pumped into your plant's bed providing nutrients for the plants which cleanses the water. That clean water is then pumped back into the fish tank, providing the fish with clean water. No fertilizer, no chemicals, no back-breaking digging and watering and no, "ugh", cleaning the fish tank.
One of the most effective ways of displaying the pride you take in a personal project is by sharing it with others. The density of your aquaponic garden's production will permit you to turn your efforts into profit. Not only will you be providing a healthy diet for yourself and your family, but you will be helping others to do the same while benefiting financially.
When gardening with aquaponics the yield is approximately 10 times the plants in about half the time as with conventional gardening. Neither weather nor predators are a threat to your garden.
Have you ever thought about growing your own garden, but considered the idea impossible because you didn't have the time? No problem. Once your aquaponic garden is up and running properly, it'll require no more than an hour of your time each day just to make sure everything IS running properly.
Save wear and tear on your body; save on your water and grocery bills while having fresh fish and vegetables at your fingertips.
Just take it easy while your fish do all the work.
I went into the store to buy salad makings for dinner and after spending several minutes picking through heads of lettuce that were partially brown or so wilted the leaves were slimy, I found a head of lettuce about the size of a navel orange. I was bothered more with the condition of the lettuce they were trying to sell and with wasting my time than I was with the price which was $1.99 a head.
Maybe it's just me, but I like my vegetables fresh and crisp. It's getting so hard to find good produce at supermarkets anymore. The tomatoes are too soft. The cucumbers are too spongy.I could go on and on, but, you get the idea. To pick up a tomato here and a cucumber there gets really costly in gas and time.
While doing research my interest was really peaked by something called Aquaponics 4 you. I did a lot of research and became more and more interested. I don't like playing in the dirt or killing bugs and hungry little critters, so aquaponics really sounded like the way to go.
If you love gardening, or the idea of gardening but you have a bad back, or bad knees, or arthritis, or not enough of time, or one of a million other reasons not to enduldge in your interest, aquaponics may be just what you're looking for. Aquaponics is the collaboration between aquaculture and hydroponics. Sounds scary, huh? Simply put, aquaponics is fish and plants working together to keep each other healthy.
If you like the idea of saving, and maybe even earning money, you should find aquaponic gardening attractive. You can raise healthy fish for food or for recreational purposes as well as healthy, fresh vegetables or decorative plants.
When you have an aquarium you have an automatic filter or you have to remove the fish so you can clean the tank and fill it with clean water. If you don't, your fish will die. During the recirculation process in an aquaponic system that water is pumped into your plant's bed providing nutrients for the plants which cleanses the water. That clean water is then pumped back into the fish tank, providing the fish with clean water. No fertilizer, no chemicals, no back-breaking digging and watering and no, "ugh", cleaning the fish tank.
One of the most effective ways of displaying the pride you take in a personal project is by sharing it with others. The density of your aquaponic garden's production will permit you to turn your efforts into profit. Not only will you be providing a healthy diet for yourself and your family, but you will be helping others to do the same while benefiting financially.
When gardening with aquaponics the yield is approximately 10 times the plants in about half the time as with conventional gardening. Neither weather nor predators are a threat to your garden.
Have you ever thought about growing your own garden, but considered the idea impossible because you didn't have the time? No problem. Once your aquaponic garden is up and running properly, it'll require no more than an hour of your time each day just to make sure everything IS running properly.
Save wear and tear on your body; save on your water and grocery bills while having fresh fish and vegetables at your fingertips.
Just take it easy while your fish do all the work.
About the Author:
John Fay has a lot of excellent information about the construction of your own aquaponic system and Organic Gardening, complete with a step-by-step video.. Also published at Build Your Own Aquaponic System: Some Things You Should Know.
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