Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

I don't believe we have 2 discussions TC the original poster (Johnathan) asked

which would indicate is it viable or profitable, so yes if the question was directly is AP a good investment my answer would be yes because of Duffs reason above, my system was bought with unused holiday pay which I could have blown on anything else (like a holiday ) but then it would be gone,make sense from a monetary point of view? my point is, it isn't about money it's more about lifestyle and from a monetary point of view, to many it wouldn't make sense, more a labour of love

Is THIS a good investment?

I have no intention of buying it

But I might go and have a look this weekend and check it out just out of interest's sake

I know there's not a lot of info there, but what do you think?

Rupe, you might have some good feedback?

possibly Taz, but you would have to incorporate fish into it some how, man land is cheap in Tazzie

Taz ,, of course it's a good investment ,, the people are only selling it because the work is easy and they make so much money they don't know what to do with it all
Scarcasm yes ,, but always "buyer beware" it is not often that you find a true bargain

Yeah I hear ya

I'll drop in tomorrow and ask the agent for a very long inspection.
Asking them 20+ questions while I'm at it. I love grilling realestate agents .

I dont think I spent something like a 120 hours working on my system. A lot of time was also spent in planning and driving back and forth to get what I needed. You could easily add another thousand dollars if I had to pay someone to do it. Still a very good investment.

The health benefits make the investment for me. It is so easy now to get a feed of fresh Veg where as before AP if I had the choice of driving down to the supermarket, find parking, waste 3/4 of an hour wandering around the store, always buying more than you need, which then always goes to waste, or getting something easy out of the pantry ( usually junk) then the easy option always won. Now It is easier to wander out the AP system with a bowl, fill it up with a choice selection of my favorite greens, add a little dressing and thats it. No mess, healthy , much better than a bowl of chips and a frozen meat pie, and the kids love it too. They inhale the salads we make and ask for seconds, ( I know we have checked their temperatures several times, Ive checked my own a few times too!!! I never used to like eating greens until I grew them myself)
Our friends come over with their bowl and take enough for a feed so the system is benefiting several families.
We haven't even gotten to the fish harvesting stage so that will be great when we we can take a fish and salad a couple of times a week.
The relaxation, ease of getting a fresh feed and the fact that it makes me eat healthy food is the ROI that makes it all worthwhile.

I agree. Any financial ROI is merely the minimal return.... and I have read of many cases now online with speciality plants that this has been very positively achieved. A good business all round. I believe it will be those who know how to grow food sustainably who will hold the real wealth of the future.