Aquaponic Gardening For Any Budget

AQUAPONIC GARDENING FOR ANY BUDGET

9am to noon Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015

Alpine City Hall, 20 North Main Street

$14 admit one ($29 after noon Feb. 20)

$20 admit two ($59 after noon Feb. 20)

TO REGISTER: Go to SeedRenaissance.com and click on “classes” or go to

http://www.mcssl.com/store/calebwarnock/classes

Taught by Caleb Warnock and Logan Lyons, a leading expert in aquaponics! Aquaponic gardening is based on nature. In its most simple form, Mother Nature creates a self-sustaining system in which water, fish, and plants combine to help each other. The goal of an aquaponic garden is to mimic nature. There are many advantages:

• aquaponic gardens use far less water
• need no purchased fertilizer
• create naturally rich, sustainable, healthy soil
• grow larger, more productive plants, which produce more food
• can produce harvestable fish
• dramatically reduce the need to weed with no-till methods
• provide a peaceful water feature for the garden 
• bring the joy of having fish to the backyard garden

In this class you will learn:

• The natural science of aquaponics
• Soils for aquaponic gardening
• The all-natural, self-reliant aquaponic water supply
• The aquaponic starter garden
• Aquaponics in the first year
• Choosing fish
• The No-Till Aquaponic Vegetable Growing Bed
• Overwintering fish
• Using bell syphons
• Designing the drain system
• Warning signs, common problems and solutions
• Design options
• To pump or not to pum
• Aquaponic vertical gardens
• Aquaponics and chickens