After having done the research on aquaponics, I was
surprised to find that there are many types of set up. I decided to go with the
media base flood and drain design. There are still many alternative base on
this design and I guess I’ll decide as I go along. I am aiming to do it at a
minimum cost. Next is to find the best location to set up the system in my
compound.
Took a slow walk around my house today to decide where
should I locate this aquaponics project. Never knew that it is so difficult to
decide where would be a good spot.
My house is sitting on a almost rectangular piece of land
facing south. The backyard is small after having the kitchen extended. From
wall to fence is about 15feet and it gets sunshine almost the whole day. It
would be great if I can make use of this space which is about 40 plus feet long
but beyond the fence is a family of brainless, filthy, inconsiderate,
@#$%&*$#@ thing. They use weed killers to kill the weeds along the fence
with no consideration to the neighbours plants and had their dog jailed in a
very small prison cell 24/7, not to mention their rubbish.....yucks!!!! So I
guess the backyard is out of the question unless I want another unpleasant
incident.
Looking from the front portion of the house, east is on the
right and west on the left. The east side from the front side all along the
front gate to the house is the drive way and thereafter is the car porch area
which extend almost to the back of the house. Here I get about 3~4 hours of
morning sunshine because of the close proximity of the neighbour on this side.
On the west side, the morning sun is shaded by my house and
only the mid-day to evening sun is available here. Mid-day sun is scorching
almost every sunny day and I used to have some potted plants there and they did
not grow well due to the pots getting heated up. Hmmm.... if I can keep the
temperature of the water in aquaponic cool maybe I can counter this problem.
The front yard, there is lots of space but lots of finance
is required ..... sheds, plumbing and electrical wiring. Tough, tough, tough
..... need to decide soon so that I can start on the setup plans next.
The west side????????
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