Cucumbers and beans in Melbourne - Page 3

 
They are heaps cheaper than fruit and veggies?

Liz

 Staycalm wrote:

Possibly ...

But whenever I buy that junk for a reason ( think: party etc ), I find it
expensive !!
( and the houses full of chips and bikkies also have fresh produce in the
fridge .. well, in my circles anyway :)

 
erm, i don't think they are, although it could get that way i suppose.

but we make bickies etc rather than buying them, so what do i know. i
consider f&v to be "cheap", though.
kylie

 
i think one would try to replicate what you'd find in a natural pond with
fish. like, the water needs fish poo in it for the whole thing to work,
because that feeds the vegetation that oxygenates the water, (bla bla) so
you have to start out with sufficient levels of poo, and i'd assume that
like nature, it would be self-correcting (even if it corrects in a way you
don't like ;-).

i'd love to (sort-of intend to) try it one day. i don't eat fish though,
which could create a challenge ;-) although the rest of the family do, so no
worries there.

 I

what was the nature of your query?
according to one book i read (a permaculture oen actually), you can have
another pond next door for growing the creatures to feed to the fish (which
of course raises the question of what to feed _them_ <g>) speaking quite
ignorantly, it would be better to have a predator cycle working within the
pond itself, maybe. it certainly sounds like it takes some organising.
kylie