GardenPool.org – Learn how we converted an old swimming pool in to a way to feed our family. We use organic aquaponics to grow unlimited tilapia, chicken eggs, fruit, veggies, & herbs. We had planned to be food self-sufficient by 2012 but we made it by mid-2010. If we can do this then anyone can.
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WOW THIS IS AWESOME!! great work, u could always put up a cat walk system over the small pond to increase the growing area. u have water rain barrels, a honey bee hive can also make a garden healthy as well and honey on top of that. man thats so nice to share such a great accomplishment!! thank you
@TheTruthoverlies Thanks! It is a reinforced UV treated 12 mil tarp
@MrMadmax900 We use shade cloth, thermal mass, and an evaporative cooler.
Attn Permaculturists and Chicken Farmers! The 2:10 minute marker features a new ( to me anyway) use for chicken waste and an new, interesting chicken pin.
Thanks for positng!
TGW – USA – Louisiana
Very posh, Ceino likes.
what kind of material did you cover that with? NICE.
How do you keep the chickens, plants and fish from getting cooked to death during your blazing hot summers?
Outstanding!
Wow! my husband read about your pool farm on a guns internet forum so we look you up. We have been doing vege gardening in pots like yours and love it. I told my sister about it and she’s interested in your ideas too. Brilliant!
Fantastic!
We just bought a house with a dormant pool in the backyard and have been wondering what to do with it. This is a great idea!
TOTALLY FABULOUS and INSPIRING! Nice work.
Wow… this is quite possibly one of the neatest things I’ve ever seen. Congratulations on turning something so wasteful into quite the opposite!
Great permaculture setup! I love it.
sharing this, this is a wonderful idea, even though I love my pool. . . feeding myself might make me think twice. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
@cigarsmke Thanks! We are in the process of designing a BSF system. We are going to integrate it with our chicken coop update. Anything the chickens don’t eat the tilapia will.
I just love your idea of turning your swimming pool into an aquaponic green house. I have been thinking about doing aquaponic for a few months. Um just one suggestion that may help you if you have not already done so. Check out BSF (black soldier fly) they are just sex organs on wings and very hygenic fly larvae to feed your fish and chickens. I truly envy you! Again GREAT job!!
@cyrusp100 Thanks! I don’t think it would be wise to spend the energy to rip the concrete out. The pool would collapse and destroy what we worked so hard to make. We live in the Sonorana Desert in Arizona so food forests are kind of out of the question. This high production method feeds us everyday and we wouldn’t change it. We use around 75% less water than conventional farming.
Brilliant! Shame about all that concrete surrounding it – why not rip it out and turn the area into a food forest?
@ddnguyen278 We agree. It would be nice if we could do this to some of the 10,000 unused pools from foreclosed homes in the Phoenix area where we live or other areas in the world. I’m sure that can easily feed the estimated 3,000 homeless folks in Phoenix and then some.
Free food for a lifetime? What’s not to love? People spend about 30% of their income on food a year, imagine what you can do with that?
@ravis303 Thanks Rob! We appreciate it and we hope to get the idea out there. We appreciate your help.
Probably the coolest video I have ever seen! Keep up the good work!
Rob
@yinghonghaohan319 Glad you like it! We want to spread the word.
good idea! thanks for sharing!