Hi to all the agro community

Just an introduction as I joined today. I am originally from Austin, TX. I'm living in Armenia at the moment. Used to have cows, sheep and horses (just one and her babies). I am looking at a very multi-integrated project. Got the land and PLENTY of water below. The land is not arable, so only aquatic plants would work (rice is far too seasonal and minor for this weather, but interesting as a trial run).

With all the water, making a pond is a very viable situation for multi-species on diverse lawyers. During SSR days, the farm used to be a collective piggery with 100s of pigs at one point. Have already partially re-constructed housing for the cows and sheep and am looking at pigs again. What was covered for the pigs 30+ years ago is partially still uncovered today over winter (cows and sheep can do winter outside in the open that pigs cannot as such). Had to pause it for certain situation/s outside my control, but am ready to get it back up after this coming winter when the snow melts next spring.

I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this mostly-aquatic based integrated farming, but also with pigs.

Anyways, looking forward to many interactions with yall.

Cheers,
Sal

If you got poop and water I'd either get that poop in the water and put easy water plants in there for easy perma situation to feed them or get it away. I don't know. We love you post more info I need it to help you.

Welcome to the forum!

Your place in Armenia sounds very interesting and I am looking forward to hearing more about what is going on there.

Have you thought about integrating both rainwater catchment and aquaponics into your system?

In case you would like to discuss these further they each have their own forum:

https://permies.com/f/105/rainwater

https://permies.com/f/106/aquaponics

Rose is suggesting poop and ponds so your might want to get duck, also.

These both also have their own forums:

https://permies.com/f/66/ducks

https://permies.com/f/89/ponds

Hi Anne:

Thanks for the info.

Yes, i have certainly considered ducks for the top layer.

ps- Sorry still new. not sure how to reply normally.

Anne Miller wrote:Welcome to the forum!

Your place in Armenia sounds very interesting and I am looking forward to hearing more about what is going on there.

Have you thought about integrating both rainwater catchment and aquaponics into your system?

In case you would like to discuss these further they each have their own forum:

https://permies.com/f/105/rainwater

https://permies.com/f/106/aquaponics

Rose is suggesting poop and ponds so your might want to get duck, also.

These both also have their own forums:

https://permies.com/f/66/ducks

https://permies.com/f/89/ponds

Hi Rose:

Thanks for your input. Not built the pond yet, but the manure is a strong part of getting it all together. What aqua plants would you recommend? Especially something that provides food for aquatic species?

Thanks.

Rose Potter wrote:If you got poop and water I'd either get that poop in the water and put easy water plants in there for easy perma situation to feed them or get it away. I don't know. We love you post more info I need it to help you.

Sal Hay wrote: Sorry still new. not sure how to reply normally.

Hi Sal, Welcome to Permies, we were all new once!
If you scroll to the bottom of the thread you should find a 'reply' button, which will open a reply box for that thread. This thread gives links to lots of threads on how the site works. If you can't find an answer there then making a new thread in Tinkering forum usually will get a helpful response fairly quickly. Although 'tinkering with  this site' sounds like programming stuff, it covers much more than that!

There are varieties of rice adapted to quite cold climates like Korea.  I think the trick is getting the seed to sprout somewhere warmer, like a cold frame, and the plants grow there for the first month or so before they are pulled up and planted out in the paddies.   Also maybe consider wild rice (Zizania) a native North American plant also from quite cold climates including parts of Canada.  Seed of either might be the biggest challenge since you are in a part of the world where they might not be grown by anyone yet.

Thanks ya'll.