Ever reminisced about what we were doing when we were 21 years old?
Certainly, mine was not even close to what I love doing now – growing strawberries.
My hobbies then were stars away from what this young man loved doing.
I am still in awe by what this young man built in his parent’s kitchen, an aquaponic “farm” to grow vegetables.
From he was building this system from scratch in 2015, indoor home farming was not trendy and there was no ready-made equipment for sale.
Just 21 years old, he built the complete set up by himself and through many trials and errors, improved on the initial design.
By September 2015, he grew both fruiting plants such as tomatoes and capsicums as well as different types of vegetables in their kitchen sinks.
This was the design of his aquaponic setup at home.
How a bell Siphon work, to discharge excess water from the grow bed.
In my layman understanding of his sketch, I think a series of pipes drew water from the fish’s waste tanks below the “farm” to feed his vegetables.
And somehow, his vegetables fed the fishes.
In November 2015, Xi Zhe and his parents moved to a smaller apartment and there was no room for his farm.
I wrote this post to share this young man’s incredible farm and enterprising DIY spirit.
Even though the physical set up is gone, we will remember his “farm” and will cheer for his future one.
PS. If anyone likes to understand more of Xi Zhe’s design, he is a member of our Facebook group, “SG Farming in Apartments”.
I am sure he will explain better than me how his set up work.
