When Dennis and Danielle McClung bought a foreclosed home in Mesa, Ariz., in 2009, their new yard featured a broken, empty . Instead of spending a small fortune to repair and fill it, Dennis had a far more prescient idea: He built a plastic cap over it and started growing things inside.
Thus, with help from family and friends and a ton of internet research, Garden Pool was born. What was once a yawning cement hole was transformed into an incredibly prolific closed-loop ecosystem, growing everything from broccoli and sweet potatoes to sorghum and wheat, with chickens, tilapia, algae, and duckweed all interacting symbiotically to provide enough food to feed a family of five. Check out the video below to see what Dennis has to say about Garden Pools..
These folks feed their family with a garden in their swimming pool — and you can, too.
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- How To Make An Aquaponics System
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- How To Easily Build a Gravity-Based PVC Aquaponic Garden
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- The Aquaponics Garden: An elegant table-top fish tank that cleans itself & grows fresh food at the same time
