How to develop a garden so good the feds will knock wanting some tips! Jokes, I don’t endorse any interaction with the devil’s lettuce!
Project Black Gold:
(Manual Version)
Objectives:
Construct an indoor compost able to maintain itself all year.
Maintain compost heat to promote bacterial growth & breakdown of buried food items.
Monitor soil moisture & hydrate it accordingly via RF signaling to water reservoir or alert user to dryness.
Set automated timer that alert user to verify & replace soil moisture sensors as needed if corroded.
Continue reading “Arduino Automated Compost (Documentation)”
In a past YouTube video I discussed having an automated compost heap complete with heating, watering, and moisture detection. After a bit of research and trial and error, I’ve found a much better way to build the automated compost so that its better looking and more practical for an automated system.
The soil will be low quality store bought soil of the lowest grade and quality. The point is to demonstrate that poor soil can be enriched as you decompose food items into it, aerate it, and water the soil when its dry. After a period of about two months the originally bad soil will be transformed into better soil, after five months of treatment I expect the soil to be ready for planting as the proper amount of nutrients have been added.