Our goal was to create a space outside that allowed our dog to be outside while we're gone or before we wake up - with doggie door access - but also where we can grow some garden vegetables protected from wildlife, mainly . We built an 8x8 fenced area, with an outside access door. We put in two simple water troughs for the fish and grow bed, and built a hugelkulture vegetable bed for more produce since we were new to aquaponics. For the water to flow, we cut a groove out of the top water trough with the 18v angle grinder/cutting wheel (cut like butter!) so it could spill over. It's now spring and the plants are starting to really come in! Some are even producing!
Our goal was to create a space outside that allowed our dog to be outside while we're gone or before we wake up - with doggie door access - but also where we can grow some garden vegetables protected from wildlife, mainly . We built an 8x8 fenced area, with an outside access door. We put in two simple water troughs for the fish and grow bed, and built a hugelkulture vegetable bed for more produce since we were new to aquaponics. For the water to flow, we cut a groove out of the top water trough with the 18v angle grinder/cutting wheel (cut like butter!) so it could spill over. It's now spring and the plants are starting to really come in! Some are even producing!
