Rain collecting hut "Planerinnenhütte"

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A plan, since now, of a 20 square meter hut with just a roof made of a sheet of tarpaulin. It has 5 corners. The tarpaulin is formed to collect rainwater at the lower eaves end. It's a wooden construction.
infrastructure
construction
water
Irrigation and Water Management
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Created: 2016/03/29 16:58
Updated: 2024/10/15 17:25

Portable Stock Trough

By Com Eng
Commercial Product
Convenient water tank trailer that holds 200Lt of water and 9Lt trough. Features: •Can hold up to 200Lt of stock drinking water •Industrial galvanised fittings to ensure strength and durability •No Flat Tyres, (so always ready to go when you are) •Can be towed into...
Automatic watering
stock trough
water
portable stock trough
design
mechanical
Fencing and livestock management
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Created: 2015/12/12 08:08
Updated: 2024/11/18 17:29

Cold Frame with Recycled Windows

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Use salvaged windows and materials to construct a mini-greenhouse for season extension. These cold frames can be used to warm soil before planting directly in the ground, create a micro climate for seedlings and starts, overwinter dormant plants, and more.
season extension
winter farming
salvaged materials
"Smart Farm" tools
planting
season extension
water
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Created: 2015/04/13 15:38
Updated: 2017/01/21 19:21
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Greenhouse Monitoring with Text Message Alerts

Grazers "kit" for fido/apitronics

After a recent grazer's conference it was clear that a useful "kit" for a FIDO/Apitronics system would be a system with the following set of sensors/switches

  1. electric fence system voltage and remote shutoff (rover)
  2. chest/meat freezer data log and alert
  3. water level alerts

This covers the basic worry points with an animal grazing operation - are they secure in the fence? do they have water? and is freezer working to protect the thousands of dollars of product already harvested?

grazers
animal
apitronics
freezer
water
electric fence
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Farm Hack Talk

Irrigation

I recently read a book, Botany for Gardners. In it I found information on how much a corn plant typical transpires in a given season. This got me to thinking about other plants. The book stated that a single corn plant will transpire 55 gallons of water throughout a growing season. In other words, seedling to harvest. In a typical growing season of 130 days, that translates to about 2.4 gal/day. Seems like a lot of water. Does anyone know if this kind of information exists for other plants?

irrigation
transpiration
drought
water
measure

Auto-fill High Output Temperature Controlled Humidifier

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This project turns a 5 gallon bucket into a high capacity (4 gal/day), automatic fill humidifier. The bucket serves as a reservoir for the water and also as a mounting platform for the parts required to operate the humidifier. ...
humidifier
adding humidity
root crops
meat curing
cheese aging
crop storage
Irrigation and Water Management
Post Harvest
water
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Created: 2014/02/18 12:34
Updated: 2024/11/11 09:03

Sweat Box Germination Chamber

By DGrover
Ready to Build
A "sweat box" style germination chamber built using readily available parts and a broken chest freezer. Early season germination can be inconsistent without a closely controlled environment for starting seeds. Commercial greenhouses use similar systems but the cost can be...
season extension
energy
Irrigation and Water Management
water
planting
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Created: 2014/02/06 15:00
Updated: 2017/01/21 19:20
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