Kim
10-16-2011, 03:57 PM
Hi, everyone, I'm Kim, and I've been a food addict for...well, for my whole life. I just can't seem to stop eating cold turkey...wait, bad choice of words. Cold turkey sounds good. So does tilapia.
Yes. I'm posting after only having received 4 hours of sleep (I'm a sleep addict too), so forgive me if I'm a little silly, please.
I've been very interested in aquaponics, ever since I first heard about the concept about a year ago. Been looking into it, I know the basics but not clear on all the particulars so I'm happy to have found you guys now that hubby and I are seriously talking about this. I find the whole concept of it intriguing...there's a symmetry to aquaponics, that just kind of clicks with me.
We have 2 acres, and are planning on building a walipini (basically an underground greenhouse...thermal mass conserves heat, plastic sheeting is cheaper than glass, and being mostly underground protects from the wind, which is a problem here). At first we were going to keep it as a 'normal' greenhouse, but now we're looking into what we can do with aquaponics. Hopefully we can keep black soldier flies/grubs there as well.
We already have a miniature jersey calf, 4 goats, 9 chickens, 5 ducks (3 are destined for the freezer...and more when the others lay more eggs), 2 pigs (breeding pair, once the male gets old enough), a turkey, and a turtle that pokes his head out of the pond now & then, as well as the more traditional dog & cat. We're set for milk, money/meat (depending on whether we can sell what we breed....goat is yummy, as is pig, but I'd rather sell babies than raise & eat them), but our garden is insufficient to our needs. Not to mention, I'd love to get something set up to make food for our animals. I've been looking at grow systems, wondering if I could adapt aquaponics to do something similar.
Anyway, I ramble. I look forward to browsing around here, and getting to know you guys :mrgreen:
Yes. I'm posting after only having received 4 hours of sleep (I'm a sleep addict too), so forgive me if I'm a little silly, please.
I've been very interested in aquaponics, ever since I first heard about the concept about a year ago. Been looking into it, I know the basics but not clear on all the particulars so I'm happy to have found you guys now that hubby and I are seriously talking about this. I find the whole concept of it intriguing...there's a symmetry to aquaponics, that just kind of clicks with me.
We have 2 acres, and are planning on building a walipini (basically an underground greenhouse...thermal mass conserves heat, plastic sheeting is cheaper than glass, and being mostly underground protects from the wind, which is a problem here). At first we were going to keep it as a 'normal' greenhouse, but now we're looking into what we can do with aquaponics. Hopefully we can keep black soldier flies/grubs there as well.
We already have a miniature jersey calf, 4 goats, 9 chickens, 5 ducks (3 are destined for the freezer...and more when the others lay more eggs), 2 pigs (breeding pair, once the male gets old enough), a turkey, and a turtle that pokes his head out of the pond now & then, as well as the more traditional dog & cat. We're set for milk, money/meat (depending on whether we can sell what we breed....goat is yummy, as is pig, but I'd rather sell babies than raise & eat them), but our garden is insufficient to our needs. Not to mention, I'd love to get something set up to make food for our animals. I've been looking at grow systems, wondering if I could adapt aquaponics to do something similar.
Anyway, I ramble. I look forward to browsing around here, and getting to know you guys :mrgreen: