Shed Interior
Left Side
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Rainwater Harvesting
What is it?
The lifeblood of the Shed is its water supply which is roof-harvested from local rainfall. In the frozen winter months, snow melt replaces rain to top up a reservoir inside the Shed. This reservoir also serves as a thermal sink to keep a more stable indoor temperature during swings of extreme hot or cold.
Duckweed Module
What is it?
The Duckweed Module is an extension of the water-based food wed in the Food Shed. It transforms extra nutrients from the Aquaponics Module into a rich green and nutritious fish feed – Duckweed!
Soil-based system
What is it?
The Shed’s Soil-based system makes soil anew from more sustainable, organic ingredients to give plants what they need. One ingredient is worm castings – or earthworm waste – which provides nutrients like nitrogen and a panoply of plant-boosting microbes.
Hydroponics
What is it?
Hydroponics is the growing of plants in a mineral nutrient solution without a soil medium – and is the posterchild of vertical farming. It is one of an emerging trinity of urban agriculture methods that are transforming our cities.
Right Side
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Engineered Wetland
What is it?
We refer to our biofilter as an Engineered Wetlands because, like natural wetlands, it is responsible for trapping waste and breaking it down into its simplest form, dissolved nutrients.
Aquaponics module
What is it?
Aquaponics is the unlikely marriage of farming fish (aquaculture) and plants (agriculture) in a single system.
Vermicomposter
What is it?
Vermicomposting is the process of using earthworms, such as Red Wigglers (Eisenia fetida), to speedily break down leaves, stems and other leftovers from the agricultural process.