With an average cost per head of fancy lettuce at $2 a piece at the market, setting up an operation like this in your backyard could gross you $6k+ per month. Check out this episode of Growing Your Greens where John takes you on a tour of an urban aquaponics farm on 1/10th of an acre that produces 3000 heads of organic lettuce a month to sell to Whole Foods Market.
You will learn how productive Aquaponics can be in a standard suburban tract home backyard! You will discover the basics of how an aquaponics system works as well as how this family farmer built a DIY aquaponics system to create a small fortune growing vegetables as well as fish.
You will also learn some of the tips and tricks this certified organic aquaponic grower has been using over the last several years since he put together his DIY aquaponics system to improve his harvests, reduce his labor and minimize his inputs to grow some of the best butter lettuce on Maui in the state of Hawaii.
Finally you will learn why the farmer decided to grow aquaponically as well as John’s hints and tips on how to really boost plant health, production and taste of the crops that are being grown under ANY aquaponics or soil based farming system. Check it out here…
If you’d like even more information about setting up your own successful Aquaponics growing system click here. If you like this idea, be sure to share it with your friends and inspire someone you know. Anything becomes possible with just a little inspiration…
