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It mostly depends on what you’re doing with the property

Well, I used to be a farmer among other things in a former life. I’m 71 now and a bit too old to be running a farm full time. So I lease most of it out to other farmers in the area to grow silage for their livestock. I still retain some for my livestock, and personal grows. I also have parceled out a couple of half and quarter acre plots for the townies to grow their community gardens. Positive cash flow and all that.

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curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
So I don’t have the acreage right now, so I’m going to call this gardening level - but what I do with HA includes things like:

Soil monitoring, mostly moisture level but I’m experimenting a bit with some NPK sensors. I have a couple of solar battery banks that power them, brings all that back wireless.

Automated watering - rain barrel collection (with a sensor so I know how much is in there and so I don’t run a pump dry), relay control to open up the line and auto cut off. Combines a bit with weather monitoring so I don’t water heavily if rain is coming, waters in the evening to the morning to avoid evaporation

Flow sensor checks the water usage off the rain barrels so I know things are working right

Soil temp sensor is also on the list, not doing it right now just testing a few sensors still

Gate controls meant for a chicken coop, right now its just raising a flag for funsies, but when I get the right property it’ll close off the coop at night to protect the chickens

Light sensors to make sure the plants are getting enough, purely informational

Barometric sensors (originally just to be alerted before a storm comes through, though I like it now so I know when my knee is going to hurt like hell so I can prep)

Inside I have sensors to check for moisture around my water heater, automation for my lighting (like when I get out of my bed, the led strip turns on, brightness determined by room light levels and time of day), etc. I work from home, so I also have a light above my door that acts like an on-air light - if I join a call my wife/kids know not to interrupt me (light works great, kids still need operational adjustment here and there).

If all you want is that weather dashboard though….

Magic Mirror + OneCallWeather module + rain map module and you’ve got a slick setup, maybe add in some camera streaming via rtsp for a bonus. And if you go homeassistant later, you can add a module for that too.
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- irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  so I’m going to call this gardening level
  
  Micro Farming. ;)
  
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  - curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I feel like thats giving me too much credit haha
    
    I am really into the idea of doing some hydroponics and microgreens too though - thats what I’m prepping for this winter at least!
    
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