davidstcldfl
04-29-2013, 08:10 AM
Hi,
While I was in the FL panhandle helping my friend build his AP system, we built a small system for his churches produce stand.
It's called 'His Way Produce'
The church sells to the general public, and they also donate a lot of stuff, to folks in the area, that don't have much to eat.
We built a system using an olive barrel as the fish tank. The water is pumped into two mixing tubs that are media beds with bell siphons. Each media tub, drains into a raft bed. Each raft drains back to the fish tank.
The raft beds are 7 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 inches deep.
My buddy, David Tyner is on the left, I'm on the right...
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/hwpDaveTandDaveHsettinguptheaquaponicsforHisWayPro duce_zpsabe516d5.jpg (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/hwpDaveTandDaveHsettinguptheaquaponicsforHisWayPro duce_zpsabe516d5.jpg.html)
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/hwp13_zpsd2115702.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/hwp13_zpsd2115702.png.html)
The produce stand already had some stackers with strawberry plants growing in them. They are done hydroponically.
They also have several acres of 'dirt' gardens. Here's a shot of part of it. They had 1400 tomato plants in the ground. They have soaker hose installed under the plastic....
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/hwp14_zps391d186f.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/hwp14_zps391d186f.png.html)
Plus, the have two large greenhouses that they are putting up. A bunch of us pulled the covering over one of them, early on a Saturday morning....
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/HWP2_zps624a760b.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/HWP2_zps624a760b.png.html)
In this next picture, you can see a concrete block structure. They want to turn it into a fish tank. The plan is....the 2 greenhouses will be used for aquaponics.... 8-)
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/HWP4_zps60873b93.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/HWP4_zps60873b93.png.html)
While I was in the FL panhandle helping my friend build his AP system, we built a small system for his churches produce stand.
It's called 'His Way Produce'
The church sells to the general public, and they also donate a lot of stuff, to folks in the area, that don't have much to eat.
We built a system using an olive barrel as the fish tank. The water is pumped into two mixing tubs that are media beds with bell siphons. Each media tub, drains into a raft bed. Each raft drains back to the fish tank.
The raft beds are 7 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 inches deep.
My buddy, David Tyner is on the left, I'm on the right...
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/hwpDaveTandDaveHsettinguptheaquaponicsforHisWayPro duce_zpsabe516d5.jpg (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/hwpDaveTandDaveHsettinguptheaquaponicsforHisWayPro duce_zpsabe516d5.jpg.html)
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/hwp13_zpsd2115702.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/hwp13_zpsd2115702.png.html)
The produce stand already had some stackers with strawberry plants growing in them. They are done hydroponically.
They also have several acres of 'dirt' gardens. Here's a shot of part of it. They had 1400 tomato plants in the ground. They have soaker hose installed under the plastic....
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/hwp14_zps391d186f.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/hwp14_zps391d186f.png.html)
Plus, the have two large greenhouses that they are putting up. A bunch of us pulled the covering over one of them, early on a Saturday morning....
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/HWP2_zps624a760b.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/HWP2_zps624a760b.png.html)
In this next picture, you can see a concrete block structure. They want to turn it into a fish tank. The plan is....the 2 greenhouses will be used for aquaponics.... 8-)
http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad157/davidstcldfl/HWP4_zps60873b93.png (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/davidstcldfl/media/HWP4_zps60873b93.png.html)