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
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