US (WI): Aquaponics business reopens to year-round supplies
After previously leasing a greenhouse in Prescott for a couple of years, Tim and Shawn Doose took their business, Doose Aquaponics, and moved to a farm west of Ellsworth (W9203 Highway 10) to expand their passion for gardening.
Tim, a heavy machine operator for County Line Aggregate, a gravel pit company in Rosemount, Minn., found himself looking for ways to fill his time in the winter. From November to April, Tim is laid off due to weather and decided to look into aquaponics.
“I get bored in the winter time when I don’t have nothing to do, so I like growing stuff,” Tim said. “So I built a greenhouse in my backyard just to grow stuff in dirt.”
That was 10 years ago. It was just regular gardening at first, but with harsh temperatures making that difficult in the winter, Tim had to improvise after getting bored again.
“I looked up hydroponics,” Tim said. “Then I stumbled upon aquaponics.”
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