Aquaponic gardening : a step-by-step guide to raising vegetables and fish together
Aquaponics is a revolutionary system for growing plants by fertilising them with the waste water from fish in a sustainable closed system. This definitive do-it-yourself home manual gives you various tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy, safe, fresh and delicious food
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Gabriola Island, BC :
New Society Publishers ,
c2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is aquaponics?
- 2. The global perspective
- 3. Home food production
- 4. Before you start
- 5. System location and environment
- 6. System design
- 7. Grow beds and fish tanks
- 8. Plumbing
- 9. Grow media
- 10. Water
- 11. Fish
- 12. Plants
- 13. Bacteria and worms
- 14. Cycling
- 15. System maintenance