Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish Together

Honestly, get this book, it will really open your eyes to what's happening in the world and the problems we will be facing, forget those people who object to wind farms because they spoil the veiw and think that they kill birds, Global warming IS happening, also HELLO, birds do look where they are going. This book is the new Bible, filled with useful information increasing your chances on how to survive in a self Sufficiency future, highest recommendation, Aquaponics really is a must! Sylvia Bernstein has written an amazing book. Thank you

A very good book not only for beginners, but also for more advanced aquaponics enthusiasts. Many important and technical information, lots of good tips and much more! A must have book for all the 'Green revolutioners' out there.

This is such a good book for the aquaponics beginner or even for someone with a little experience. It contains all the information you could need to get started, and make a successful system. The only reason I havnt given it the full 5 stars is because its very focused on USA and Australia, although it does give some good general advice for other climates it would have been nice to have a little bit extra info specifically for UK readers.

This book takes you through in simple terms the whole process. It explains the science of the nitrification process in a way any one can understand. Loved the book thank you Sylvia Bernstien.

Great book - covers a reasonable amount in an easy to read format and I particularly like the "Rules of Thumb" section and the mistakes part at the end. Would recommend this book

inspirational! unlike many other books of this genre, this one is full of detail rather than high level theory

This is a great little book that will help me lots in the future, and give me lots of projects to complete. My family will like the how this will change there life

Book arrived within 24 hours so haven't read it through yet. However, seems to be clear and has a wealth of information, not many photos and black and white (I like a coloured photo!) but value for money nonetheless.

After getting this book for my brother-in-law last Christmas and shamelessly paging through before I gave it to him, I ordered a copy for myself shortly after the new year. I was (still am, really) a rookie in aquaponics, but I read this book cover to cover and found the vast majority of what I needed to design and set up a system in our apartment (50 gal fish tank/50 gal grow bed currently producing as much thyme, basil, and swiss chard as I can eat). The author makes a point to cover every design issue you need to consider, laid out in the order in which it should be considered. The book has a very methodical and logical layout that makes it relatively easy to put together a plan to build a system from scratch. (But you'll still have to do the leg work!) In a few cases, it would be nice to have a little more depth. For example, some fluorescent lights come in different 'color temperatures,' but the author doesn't get into blue vs. red spectrum until the section on HID lights, and then only briefly. My 'grow light' seems to have a different spectrum (and works better) than my 'daylight spectrum' T8 fixture, but I wouldn't have expected that from the book. Also, many different strains of tilapia are available with different traits, but the book doesn't go further than differentiating 'tilapia' from 'koi,' 'pacu,' etc. Most of the missing information is readily available on the web, so this shortcoming isn't a huge drawback. I should note here, however, that since I wanted to build a small-scale edible fish system, the hardest thing for me was locating a source that would sell me just five tilapia and didn't charge $80-100 for shipping. I finally found a local tropical fish (pet) store that was willing to order them specially. The author's personal experiences with aquaponics are helpful and make the book very readable. The "10 dumbest mistakes I've made in aquaponics" is a good list of things that novices like me should watch out for, and the "rules of thumb" at the end of every chapter are a great reference when designing your own system. I can't count the number of times I went back and looked at those guidelines, especially when cycling the system. In sum, this book is an excellent resource for anyone just getting started in aquaponics.

I got interested in aquaponics listening to my friends conversations. I got very excited because of the technical part. Having experienced growing mushrooms I was excited with this highly technical way of farming . This got me downloading tons of information on aquaponics and one article led to another until I stumbled upon this book and immediately bought off amazon via kindle store as I didn't have patience to wait for the printed copy. I did not touch any other book or reading material until I finished this book. I can confidently say this book answered every question I had in my mind. A very well written book ,no beating about the Bush ,no long stories ,straight to the point. A fantastic book to begin with.

lu complétement 7 jours après l'avoir reçu il vous offrir tous sur l'aquaponie et plus encore avec un détail dans chaque partie et des anecdote de mordues d'aquaponie qui donne envie de commencé au plus vite

I have read this book loaned from the local Library before. I was so enthusiastic about the huge amount of information delivered in this book, that I decided to buy it, to have it on hand when I start building my system. Because there is so much information in it, it will be my look up bible for the years to come. This is the best book to the Topic of Aquaponics I have come across so far. Precise and comprehensive with clear instructions and comments of what to do an what better not to do. It gives also clear warnings which is very important to avoid costly mistakes. This book is clearly structured and can be used down the road to look up for solutions in the process of practicing Aquaponics. it won't be placed far from my Greenhouse. all thumbs up for this book I can only recommend it to everybody seriously looking into this interesting topic.

Questo libro mi è stato consigliato dagli addetti ai lavori come spunto per poter cominciare ad operare. Nonostante sia scritto in lingua inglese si legge con molta facilità.