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Projected date for new altert modules?

What do you think would be realistic timing for the base unit to be ready to start testing new monitoring modules? I had a conversation a fellow farm hacker today- there is land that we are considering grazing, but it is a bit far for either of us to monitor as closely as we would like, but not too far if we knew to check on any alerts. The primary two concerns are electric fence voltage/continuity and water level in the watering tank. I think we could use an off the shelf fence monitor and wire into the LED indicator light for an on/off signal.

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Walk behind bed shaper, mulch layer, drip tape applicator

Is anyone working on or interested in discussing the development of a walk behind bed shaper, mulch layer and drip tape applicator? This year I borrowed a three-point mounted bed shaper but it's going to be a tight fit in our gardens. You know fences, houses, trees, etc. all get in the way of this tractor mounted equipment. I could live with narrower beds but I've begun to consider a walk behind design for one of these. I haven't found anything developed on a commercial level. I thought others might be experiencing similar problems and have thought of solutions. Thanks

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Inexpensive labor saving device to pick/sift rocks out of soil

Hey there, everyone. We are new to farming and have been given access to some land this season through the Seattle Tilth Farm Works program. The downside is that the land is rock-ridden. We've had the soil tilled up and have removed all the larger rocks on the surface now by hand. We are working 1/2 acre and there are 14 other 1/4 acre plots worked by other beginning farmers with this program.

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Image repository to enable images embeded with text in tool wiksi

Hi RJ, Do we have a place to upload images so that we could embed/link to them within wiki text? I think that would be helpful - so that we can annotate the images in line rather than have to refer to one one of the images potentially among many at posted at the top of the wiki entry.

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Who is Holoscene, LLC?

Hi there Holoscene people :). I don't see your organization listed on your Food Fractal wiki and I just wanted to suggest y'all introduce yourselves by throwing in your URL/Names onto the Wiki for your tool.

I'm R.J. Steinert and I'm working on Fido with a couple other folks. Nice to meet you and it's exciting that we have some company here working in a similar problem space.

http://www.farmhack.org/tools/fido-greenhouse-monitoring-text-message-alerts