The small pump moves about 6000mL an hour and we're not really sure how this can be even distributed over the entire 1x1m bed. When the sun is intense enough, it will empty the water reservoir into the raised bed. It consists of a 12v peristaltic water pump, a small solar panel, and a water reservoir. There is also an attempt being made to prototype a basic solar-powered irrigation system. There's some vermiculture taking place in it on one side, basil and eggplant growing on the other. We'll probably start a "smart farm" project separately on Hackaday.io when that happens.įollow on Facebook here or on Twitter here.Īp| ProgressTH The first 1x1m raised bed is up and running. Once this is set up and finally automated, migrating it out into the countryside on our farm will be the next step. Next we will try to use this panel to power an Arduino project, and acquire a larger panel to drive a more substantial water pump controlled by the former via a relay. We also tested our perastaltic water pump with our spare solar panel.
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Together, so far, we have 7 square meters of rooftop garden planned with an unknown area more when we get our free pallets delivered. We have enough for another two 1x2m beds.
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We have one 1x1m ferrocement bed and plan several pallet wood beds as well to demonstrate and teach people how to use different materials and to test the pros and cons of each.īamboo is particularly attractive because you can grow some as part of your garden and use it as a renewable biological input material for building. Provides an adjustable z-axis for LED light.Īp| ProgressTH It was much easier than expected to put together the first 1x2m raised grow bed on the roof using bamboo.
We're also experimenting with ferroconcrete containers to make it as inert as possible (plastic is being used just for proof of concept). So these will be brought down into this indoor garden. We already have an ongoing balcony aquaponic system that is already producing tomatoes, and a rooftop garden that will feature solar-powered auto-irrigation. Central computer control (Raspberry Pi) Ħ. Moisture/light/water level/temperature sensors/logging Ĥ. When completed it should at least include:ģ. Like Farmville, only you're growing real food.įor now, it is a glorified LED floodlight fixture.
This is an opensource, modular garden system designed specifically for automation, IoT monitoring and remote control.
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