Built a fully working prototype of a water flow meter using $25 of parts, including an Arduino microcomputer. It behaves exactly like a meter costing ten times as much. I’ll build a “production” version of this and incorporate it into our indoor irrigation system.
Category: Apartment Gardening
Harvest Time
Basil from our indoor garden, ready to garnish our dinner.
Manifold Destiny
A manifold is a wide and/or bigger pipe, or channel, into which smaller pipes or channels lead.Scott, John S. (1992). Dictionary Of Civil Engineering. Springer. p. 269. My latest manifold, Version 3, December, 2019. Over the past few months I’ve been educating myself about ways to distribute water to indoor house plants by building a…… Continue reading Manifold Destiny
Yet Another Manifold
Built my latest manifold for watering house plants. It’s smaller, with 5 zones controlled by solenoid valves; each zone can have 8 adjustable drippers. We can adjust the duration and frequency of watering for each zone via the Web.
Harvest Time
Our first microgreens harvest, just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.
Arrival of Winter
Winter arrived overnight. It’s a good day to cocoon.
Indoor Farming Experiment
Used grow lights for the first time today. We’re still experimenting, but the plan is to produce a continuous supply of microgreens and herbs. The white rectangle in a small zippered bag wirelessly logs light levels and surface temperatures in a spreadsheet.
Winter Preparations
Prepared for winter. Took down the irrigation system I’d built for our balcony plants. Gave the 250 feet of tubing and 48 drippers a shower.
Got to Start Somewhere
Rain has set in, so we canceled a 4-day trip “Up North” and went plant-shopping instead. It’s a start.
Remotely Managed Gardens
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