Best 2020 - Aquaponic Gardening: Discover the Dual Benefits of Raising Fish and Plants Together (Idiot's Guides)

Best Hobbies & Home 2020 ✔ Aquaponic Gardening: Discover the Dual Benefits of Raising Fish and Plants Together (Idiot's Guides). 

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Meg Stout Gardening & Landscape Design This is a relatively thorough BASIC guide to Aquaponics but it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. It gives a good explanation of what aquaponics is and why someone would want to participate and good basic explanation of how things work. It then gets rather light on specifics such as all the different options there are for aquaria setups, garden containers, etc. However the greatest shortfall I found was (as I suspect it is intended to be) it is too general in scope. The issues faced by someone in Minnesota are not the same as someone in the southern coast. The choices of fish are very cursory--one of the significant advantages of aquaponics is the available protein provided by harvesting mature fish as well as vegetables. Lots of space spent on goldfish and koi. And the author really does not address large yard systems which are available widely.If you are looking for a primer as to what aquaponics is and why you would even consider learning more, this is an excellent book and a very inexpensive way to learn about an exciting area. If you are looking for a detailed guide to step-by-step lead you through deciding how big a tank and a plant field, what parts to buy, what fish to raise, how to handle problems of all year tanks when temperatures range from 15 to 100 degrees, this is not sufficiently detailed. Although I have not found that book either.

Best Meg Stout Gardening & Landscape Design This book does a fine job of covering the basics. The author gives detailed DIY instructions and will tell you what to buy and how long to cut it. However, there are no illustrations or pictures to go with the DIY instructions so its difficult to get the big picture of what exactly she is telling you how to make. It's just annoying.

Meg Stout Gardening & Landscape Design I read this book cover to cover. It reads well and covers a lot of useful material. Some coverage was pretty superficial and a couple descriptions were pretty confusing (like how to make a bell siphon). My only real complaint had to do with the art program--photos and drawings. I disappointed by the paucity of drawings and photos to illustrate key concepts and technologies, especially descriptions on how to make certain components. If the book is revised, I'd suggest the publisher pay special attention to this. When the author describes how to build something, show us a photo or drawing of the product so we have a better idea of what we're trying to build.