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RE: How To Grow Your Own Veggies On A Budget
Lots of awesome ideas! Aquaponics is another good one - and one I plan to do as soon as I'm in a place where we're allowed fish. I played with it once with good effects.
I'm very interested in hearing more about the window gardening though.
I’m just learning about hydrophonics. The startup gear is pretty expensive.
The ‘original’ windowfarm setup is hydrophonics-based:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowfarm
and
http://www.windowfarms.org/
I prefer aquaponics - where you add the fish, a natural fertilizer... and the planting medium filters the water for the fish.
As with many things, it's only as expensive as you want it to be. My first experiment with aquaponics involved a tote for the fish tank, some wood (yeah, wrong material, but it's something I know how to handle) to make a frame for my plant trays, a small pump to get the fish water to my top tray then, the tray and plant stuff... Very simple, very cheap. Sat in my window and really, really worked! (Except for the cats who wanted to sit on it!!!) Even though my plants succumbed to the cats (the fault of my design, not the system), the fish tank was cleaner than any I've ever kept before with far less work! It really was a total success.
I hope to set something up again soon - and will document it for Steemit when I get there.