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Facultative lagoon (polishing pond) providing tertiary treatment after a constructed wetland in Hamburg-Allermöhe, Germany. Overflow from the facultative lagoon may be routed through one or more polishing ponds supporting lower populations of anaerobic micro-organisms and a higher proportion of aerobic organisms adapted to survival in lower concentrations of organic material.
Researchers for the British charity Pond Conservation (now called Freshwater Habitats Trust) have defined a pond to be 'a man-made or natural waterbody that is between 1 m 2 (0.00010 hectares; 0.00025 acres) and 20,000 m 2 (2.0 hectares; 4.9 acres) in area, which holds water for four months of the year or more.'
Seaweed farms are often smaller than 1 hectare (2.5 acres), and most are operated by their owners. [16] Even a small farm can be quite profitable. Farmers can obtain new seedstock from each of their harvests, with 100 grams (3.5 oz) of seedstock producing 2,000 grams (71 oz) of final product in three months. [20]
You're probably wondering why there are so many handsome farms all in one FarmVille Pic of the Day post. Well folks, today is a special day devoted to one very talented farm artist: Nicky Whoa ...
Lucky for us, ZappIce takes the realistic approach to farm designing with this flowing river farm. This. Click the image to make it larger. We don't often see good landscape-style farms, but when ...
The 2+ acres site is located along McKay Creek with 500 linear feet of frontage. It is also adjacent to 1+ acre of wetland and native plant buffer on the east and southern boundaries of the Garden, and will include a pond area for additional exploration of aquatic ecosystems.
One of two standing Aermotor windpumps in Queens, (The other is the Adriance Farm Windmill at the Queens Farm Museum), it is the only one with a dry 800 gallon holding tank and pumps water to a pond. The Alley pond Environmental center also provides learning space for schoolchildren and self guided nature tours of the Alley Pond Park. [18]
Polyface Farm is a farm located in rural Swoope, Virginia, run by Joel Salatin and his family. The farm is driven using unconventional methods with the goal of "emotionally, economically and environmentally enhancing agriculture". This farm is where Salatin developed and put into practice many of his most significant agricultural methods.