[HN Gopher] Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi
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       Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi
        
       Author : alexellisuk
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2021-07-24 10:54 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | bartmika wrote:
       | This is amazing! So excited a community like this exists. I
       | started doing something similar last year. Here's my progress:
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       | https://bartlomiejmika.com/post/2021/red-mulberry-growlog-2/
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       | And here are the open source libraries I've written to support
       | it:
       | 
       | - https://github.com/bartmika/sparkfunweathershield-arduino -
       | https://github.com/bartmika/tstorage-server -
       | https://github.com/bartmika/tpoller-server
       | https://github.com/bartmika/treader-server - more to come...
       | 
       | I hope to submit in the future!
        
       | na85 wrote:
       | I love stuff like this. I recently[0] put some raspberry pis and
       | beaglebones to work monitoring my plants (though my own solution
       | is not as smooth as this, and I didn't opt for photo capability).
       | 
       | My robogardeners alert me via push notification on my phone when
       | e.g. my basil needs watering, and I can issue them commands to
       | set water/dryness thresholds via IRC.
       | 
       | [0] https://0x85.org/raspi.html
        
       | civildude wrote:
       | is a raspberry zero?
        
       | alexellisuk wrote:
       | We have 28 people participating now, with live-previews, lots of
       | Twitter activity and prizes to give away for folks who complete
       | the various parts of the challenge.
       | 
       | The code is open source and includes a data logger and Grafana
       | dashboard that's fun to use even if you are not growing things.
        
         | iancmceachern wrote:
         | My wife and I founded Open Agriculture Supply
         | (www.openagriculturesupply.com) years ago to support the mit
         | open agriculture initiative that ultimately fizzled out. We'd
         | love to support in any way you need!
        
       | unwind wrote:
       | Meta: I think the title would work better if it said "your own
       | _food_ ".
        
         | stevekemp wrote:
         | That was a very confusing title, especially considering that I
         | dug up some wild raspberry bushes this morning, to plant upon
         | my balcony!
        
         | tailspin2019 wrote:
         | Yeah I was confused by this title last time (this post seems to
         | be a repeat from a week or two ago)
         | 
         | Edit: seems that the link is different from last time. The
         | GitHub README that this links to gives a much better
         | introduction to this project than the previously linked website
         | [0] does (in terms of quickly understanding what it is).
         | 
         | Plus it looks like a really great project.
         | 
         | [0] https://growlab.dev
        
         | throwaway744678 wrote:
         | As a non-native english speaker, I first confused the title
         | with the expression "grow a pair". I wondered how a Pi would
         | help in that case.
        
           | knicholes wrote:
           | Maybe it could monitor testosterone levels and inject you
           | with some when low.
        
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