Since you’re reading this newsletter you’re obviously interested in raising chickens…
As you probably already know, there are tons of advantages to raising your own chickens…
They are a super-easy animal to maintain and 5-10 laying hens can provide eggs for the entire family.
They can be raised on a budget by building your own coop and developing strategies to minimize feed costs.
Not only that, they will help fertilize your garden and can be raised in a fairly limited amount of space.
But what if you would like to take another step towards self-sufficiency and produce your own vegetables and even farm your own fish…?
Enter Aquaponics…
Aquaponics is the method of growing crops and fish together in a re-circulating system.
An aquaponics installation requires no soil, scant water (2 to 10 percent of what is used in the average vegetable garden), very little space, a modest financial investment and minimal maintenance…
Also, there’s no dealing with pesticides, the system is sustainable and easy to set up and it can produce a huge amount of vegetables and fish in a small amount of space.
Yes, it can almost seem to good to be true but the advantages are indeed real…I highly suggest you take some time to learn more about it.
Here’s a great Aquaponics guide to check out.
Chickens + an Aquaponics system certainly is a great combo if you’re interested in producing healthy, organic food using minimum amount of space.
Eggs, vegetables and fish…there’s not that much else you’ll really need for food, right?See where we’re going here? Self-sufficiency really isn’t as unachievable as it may seem – IF you’re using the right food production methods…
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John
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