permaculture

[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

You also might look into aquaponics, which combines aquaculture with food
growing--using the nutrient rich water from a fish pond to feed plants,
which in turn remove enough fish poop from the water for it to be recycled
back into the pond. Very nice; the plants grow incredibly fast. One link
among many is to a great guy in Oz who's done some nice homebrew systems and
has a book and DVD that makes it all very clear.

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/

But googling "aquaponics" will generate a wealth of info, too.

Toby
www.patternliteracy.com





>> Hello Everyone,
>> 
>> I am looking for some good information on small ponds.  I would like to 
>> make
>> several ponds for different purposes; small acale fish production, plant
>> production, and a nice place for ducks or geese to hang out.  When I say
>> small, I mean it: home sized - anything from 1 to 10 meter diameter sized
>> ponds.  I don't want to setup a pump or filter kind of system and a lot of
>> pond information seems to be oriented towards buying lots of equipment and
>> growing koi.  I am looking for more sustainable and useful applications.
>> 
>> The pond(s) will be fed by roof runoof, surrounding slopes, and/or
>> greywater.
>> 
>> Books, articles, links... all would be appreciated.  I heard about a book
>> along these lines from experiences in the Philippines titled something like
>> 'Growing Fish in The Mountiaans', but I've never been able to find it.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Marjory