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2024-09-06 20:22:00

My compost temperature sensor is producing great data, like showing how I put too much rocket fuel into this latest pile:
https://image.nostr.build/496447c570309dd1fd5ad66843916d8e65605a41e45f0db1baf3df54f747bea2.jpg
https://github.com/zappityzap/compost-sensor

2024-08-24 00:04:59

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Interested. What kind of hardware does that take?

2024-08-11 20:08:30

I don't understand why everyone is getting upset about the Olympics, censorship, immigration and all the other rage narratives.
Dealing with health insurance in the US should be enough for us to have already burned every single government building to the ground.

2024-08-10 18:40:48

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Probably. IMO, the purpose of compost is to culture a huge amount of diverse aerobic microbes that cover all of the functional groups in the soil food web. Most compost methods do that very poorly, or substitute long amounts of time to get mediocre results. Almost never does anyone prove the quality of their method with a microscope assessment.
Feedback from temperature data has been the most important thing I've used to improve my compost method and the quality of my hot compost piles. My previous method involved reading a dial thermometer twice a day and recording it in a spreadsheet. This sensor gives me more data with higher quality and less work.

2024-08-10 18:26:21

Finished testing the battery on my compost sensor. An 18650 cell (2200 mAh) lasted 3 days when sampling every 15 seconds. This should be more than enough when sampling every 5 minutes for a ~2 week hot compost cycle.
https://image.nostr.build/15d3779c81ec80a95abe3d53300248a20054bbd8148cb895cb766b3a9eb4368d.png
#compost #arduino #homeassistant

2024-08-09 04:49:06

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From Strand Tea (who are currently sold out):
Contrary to an advertisement you might have seen in print or on TV, White teas are not just "baby leaves". True White Teas are produced from very specific plants hybridized over generations, always hand made, usually of limited production, and produced for very short duration - sometimes only a few days - and at very specific times of the year depending on the tea growing region. Commonly the new leaf and bud sets from specific tea plants are picked only at a certain hour of the morning under exact air temperature/humidity conditions and then are very carefully handled to avoid any bruising or damage to the leaves.
The two outer leaves are separated from the inner bud. The outer leaves become Bai Mu Dan which is sometimes translated in the Western World as "white peony" due to its smell when fresh. The inner bud becomes the famous "Silver Needle" tea. Bai Mu Dan leaves are usually brewed once, Silver Needle leaves can be brewed multiple times.

2024-08-07 06:06:06

I added support for multiple sensors to my compost sensor project.
https://image.nostr.build/bd31f370aca7baf811099f121d93a2eb96f5d7b7ece710360f9da59bca6ec5fa.png
(60C and 992 are the dynamically generated unique IDs for each sensor)
All it took was a weekend of hacking and a PR for the arduino-home-assistant library. But now I can add as many sensors as I want with having to hardcode or update anything on the base station. Just upload the TX sketch onto a new board and go.
https://github.com/zappityzap/compost-sensor
#homeassistant #arduino

2024-08-02 16:12:06

Initial testing of the soil moisture sensor is underway, after a few stumbles.
https://image.nostr.build/396e8165e3585041640d3d71c4b43a518142fb4267c4d710cd6df339d744cee3.png
This the raw sensor output, divided by 10. In the air it reads about 32, and submerged in water it's 101. This test shows the sensor in some almost-dry potting soil followed by a watering.

2024-08-01 21:51:00

Some big news in AI image generation today.
Most of the members of the image and video team from Stability AI launched a new company called Black Forest and a new model called Flux. Early results look very good. Currently requires 24 GB VRAM, but should be optimized by the community soon. ComfyUI has support already. Their site has a teaser of the upcoming text-to-video model, but it's currently being hugged to death.
https://github.com/black-forest-labs/flux
https://blackforestlabs.ai/up-next/
JoyCaption is a free, open and uncensored VLM built from the ground up. Existing tools are expensive or don't perform well for some domains. Great results for a pre-Alpha. This tool will be extermely useful to enable more community fine-tuning and training because producing captions for datasets is very time-consuming.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1egwgfk/joycaption_free_open_uncensored_vlm_early/
#stablediffusion

2024-07-30 20:33:55

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There are no invasive species.

2024-07-29 01:11:50

Why don't you have a self-hosted LLM yet?
https://image.nostr.build/5770f08491e8056a78fe17abda0b6e4eb0afa373117c217c8ca9b40a4ed77869.png
https://image.nostr.build/7b4b403d757f341f232107622d81626e0e1be762c41fdda8c54b7240a1007773.png
8 GB is enough to run llama3 8b, and larger models work, just slower. ollama with open-webui seems good so far.
https://github.com/ollama/ollama
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui

2024-07-28 02:25:35

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This is intended for compost piles, but could be adapted to soil. I'll publish a repo soon. It's still in early development and I went with the easiest parts, not the cheapest. Everything is from Adafruit.

2024-07-27 20:27:22

Added a soil moisture sensor to my compost sensor platform.
https://image.nostr.build/38c783e00b8fbc0c436a2e5eaece55e6b886c3830435bc4dc34ce8e6309493de.jpg
Temperature measurement is the priority, but this capacitive moisture sensor might be useful to watch for the outside of the pile drying out. It also includes an air temperature sensor that should provide some insight into how the piles perform in different seasons.
#compost #arduino #homeassistant #grownostr

2024-07-26 06:09:59

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How do I run ostrich-70 in ollama? What are the different versions of each quantization?

2024-07-25 05:59:55

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ollama seems to load as much as it can into VRAM, and the rest into RAM. Llama 3.1 70b is running a lot slower than 8b on a 4090, but it's usable. The ollama library has a bunch different versions that appear to be quantized: https://ollama.com/library/llama3.1

2024-07-21 23:39:09

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This finally got me to try a self-hosted LLM. Let me know if you find any good models. ollama was super easy to get running.

2024-07-21 17:43:44

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Yes, it will receive data from the sensors over LoRa and forward them over wifi. I'm using Adafruit IO to store the data and provide charts for this prototype, but MQTT to Home Assistant should be easy.

2024-07-21 02:32:18

Got the LoRa to wifi gateway soldered. Back to coding... https://image.nostr.build/ee8f9c715bc8cce3d80c4351aec61719f1531cc5afb1d41401ca473fa837a3bf.jpg

2024-07-11 06:19:07

progress
https://image.nostr.build/a1d8a28d47d1afc51b719b7fca12e41043586e3865d93afd58a7ee066211008a.png
#nevent1q…nu8h

2024-07-10 16:44:07

Building a compost sensor. Transmits over LoRa.
https://image.nostr.build/cc6488f983a83c8588a82f2213132afa9b0ff10a6cef1540a1224e4a52398793.png

2024-06-25 20:43:12

Timelapse from the rocket burn yesterday.
https://video.nostr.build/d0f81a732f2a8cb07c174c30579bd072626a2364f4f919bfc54c3916b75412cb.mp4
I intended to record the entire burn and cooldown but the camera video file stops after about an hour. Oh well, the camera should have been higher up to show the top of the bench anyways. Next time!
The modification does seem to even out the heating of the bench. I had a little trouble with smoke when loading too much fuel in the feed tube, which never happened before. It would make sense that it's not drawing air in as strongly with the longer route for the flue gases to travel. The chimney itself is also about 2 feet shorter after upgrading it to stainless steel.
#permies #rocketstove #grownostr
#nevent1q…83f5

2024-06-25 19:57:19

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New category for the Darwin awards.

2024-06-25 00:44:40

Testing out a modification to the rocket bench.
https://image.nostr.build/7223e13f9e1f80a29a9e2d590abc2bb9d56ecc2ba2385e404553a78d3e6f90dd.jpg
I added an elbow to the chimney intake and extended it horizontally to the end of the bench. This should help distribute the heat more evenly in the bench, and might allow extending the bench length later.
#permies #rocketstove

2024-06-24 00:18:32

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I think it's normal to be a bit slow with wild yeast. You're not going to have as many of them to start with compared to commercial yeast, and commercial yeast is engineered to ferment like rocket engines.

2024-06-18 16:09:48

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Frigate NVR https://frigate.video/

2024-06-12 18:00:24

gm frens, StablityAI released weights for SD3 Medium today. Initial results appear to have the same "safety" censorship-related problems as previous base models (mangled hands and bad anatomy), and the licensing is unclear for commercial use which makes open finetunes at a larger scale (eg Pony) unlikely. At least we'll always have SD1.5 and SDXL.
https://audio.nostr.build/c726a609c7e88cae7af6219a53a2d1788c8e4d4b50a4d54f86c2b941e0b10d28.webm
(Photon SD1.5 and AnimateDiff)

2024-06-01 21:25:24

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100% snake oil. You'd be better off improving your soil biology with good quality compost. The soil food web does everything claimed by this technique and is backed by actual scientific evidence.

2024-05-28 21:14:49

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Great plant. The flowers last for a while, and have a nice fragrance. I've never had any trouble with birds in the PNW. Jams have turned out a somewhat unappetizing opaque pink color. Fresh eating is the best use I've found but I'd love to hear about other options.

2024-05-28 20:50:30

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End the fed

2024-05-27 22:35:46

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Cool scooter. I'd go with compost extract over compost tea. Teas are meant to be used as foliar sprays. Feeding the organisms in the tea brewer gets them active so they produce glues and then stick to plant surfaces. Compost extract will carry the organisms down into the soil. Extract can be made by hand in a bucket too, no need for an air pump unless you need to make a lot of extract.

2024-05-24 17:21:13

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I'm too impatient to wait for this to load: https://nostr.watch/relays/statistics

2024-05-24 15:56:25

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proof of work

2024-05-23 22:55:46

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Stumbled across this site while looking for something else. Lots of interesting articles like this one: https://www.gardenmyths.com/cedar-mulch-repel-insects/

2024-05-23 20:26:53

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I wouldn't use them if they're fresh because of the preservative chemicals, but it might be better than nothing depending on your situation.

2024-05-18 20:33:38

Where is Galt's Gulch? I'm ready to quit.

2024-05-09 20:58:14

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Is anyone actually working on that?

2024-05-07 05:31:53

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Lactobacillus!

2024-05-03 20:45:06

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Watching this makes me feel unwell. Good job!

2024-04-27 22:30:29

Happy mushrooms, happy compost. https://image.nostr.build/4c0da3a5cf3fac4aa9bc92023eac3cadd4b966fd38a394b114db6a7342363740.jpg

2024-04-25 21:16:32

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I'm looking into a seedsigner as well. I think you load the seed into it with seed words or seedqr each time it is powered up. There's a self custody guide on their GitHub.

2024-04-25 16:25:58

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What happened with Wasabi?

2024-04-25 03:15:10

Remember to provide a source of water in your garden. https://image.nostr.build/ee38b1ec849814c2516eed81bc9b82b8b51d77468587b44d3f20e7e735e5960e.jpg
Birds use this old satellite dish as a bath, but it also helps attract and retain beneficial insects. The dirty water is full of nutrients and gets dumped out by my rig tree. #permies #gardening

2024-04-21 19:13:56

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I make the compost, and post about it sometimes. https://image.nostr.build/a72c229ce7040ef3b24ad36e9ace8746ce3a66a493c07946b35308f21d11c3f9.jpg

2024-04-20 20:23:07

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I think it's just a better implementation of BRC-20.

2024-03-24 22:39:25

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What's a good way to test the change?

2024-03-22 20:36:01

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Retrosuburbia?

2024-01-26 21:56:50

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I found it helpful to look at variety of samples from good compost to bad soil to get a general sense of what good and bad look like. Then start learning to identify the general categories of stuff.

2024-01-26 01:42:41

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Excellent temporal consistency and coherence, but there's no code or model published.

2024-01-25 23:19:34

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Compost and soil samples

2024-01-25 02:49:13

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It's amazing how much stuff can be in a single drop. I spent hours looking at my first half dozen slides.

2024-01-13 03:42:27

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Lots of manure to make a hot pile. Charles Dowding on YouTube has a video about his somewhere in his channel.

2024-01-13 02:51:43

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I make compost and try to grow veg.

2024-01-12 18:21:05

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Have you tried a different client recently? I think there's some difference in how they do the follow list.

2024-01-04 05:04:09

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Moved over to Alby but it's probably next on the chopping block.

2023-12-21 20:51:04

Ready to get rugged? Cisco Meraki can help you with that.
https://image.nostr.build/a91a83345b1ec2167723a73cadd26f29ee0db3c1dafeaf003a31046f6751fbdd.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1920x1440&blurhash=%234HBxhvh00yXDj%253OXtRRQy%3F5Qn4%24Nofn%25emt7bH0JIUM%2BxbX4W%3BaKoKk9*%7CrWOsk%3DWAoyXSWBjZGuu4ibVEWBjFn4V%40WWL%7DrXtlS%7EWBbHo%7DkCWBRPxut7M%7BWBWCWWa%7BWB&x=21fdeee2bf15907965cea1d800db405676e352afdd49509bf236d2c7b0c8289a

2023-12-14 17:57:24

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Seconding Braiins, they just switched to FPPS for more consistent rewards for intermittent miners.

2023-12-07 23:53:42

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If it's stock then you'll want to replace the PSU fan for sure. The intake/exhaust fans can also be replaced for lower noise. I went with 140mm noctua, but I heard good things about ac infinity fans. Then you need a firmware that allows setting a target wattage. I use Braiins firmware and set it to 650 watts. End result sounds about the same as an average gaming PC.

2023-12-02 01:22:17

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HandBrake is a good tool for transcoding.

2023-12-01 00:15:51

Stable Video Diffusion is very impressive. It made this:
https://image.nostr.build/79a115ade14db585fb1f26da00c04a8b5ab8da5a2cf13fcb4c84e7e3eb261e1f.webp
From this:
https://image.nostr.build/73c515a7821ccc42ace6c906715bc526bf64846e27c5cd5bf81f63c1644cf1a7.jpg
Which came from a text prompt: "cat in a hat on a boat in a moat"
#stablediffusion

2023-11-29 22:17:43

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Thanks for asking these important questions. The hype yesterday was disturbingly one-sided.

2023-11-21 22:35:43

This little free pantry is visible from my usual lunch spot. I watched two different people walk away empty-handed so I went to look at the contents:
https://image.nostr.build/20bb376d5efdbbb77d770dc9a9474116a3e5b72380e6d34c644ae78125eab159.jpg
There was also a note on the front asking for the return of the cooler, which had been taken, so that someone could donate more perishables.

2023-11-15 21:58:50

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EasyDNS

2023-11-15 01:02:26

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Regular oven, 475 F with a splash of water at the start for steam.

2023-11-13 23:54:40

Small but worthy improvement to my compost bins: put a board under the tarp cover.
https://image.nostr.build/d24ea8271f9226df2f0ae587fa7f6b72f26c5c051789913c2abee14f124cffe9.jpg
This keeps the rain from pooling on top of the tarp. Tarps are not a good long term solution because they get torn on the wire edges of the bin. Metal roof scraps with heavy weights have been working well on my compost storage bins.
#compost #permies #permaculture

2023-11-12 05:04:32

Baking for the first time in a few months. No-knead recipe still works.
https://image.nostr.build/3cbbe5b18d37795b3de9bcd19dde9b0b611a6116fbd4d07000c8fe767a3538a6.jpg
#breadstr

2023-11-08 03:44:32

Feels good to be a composter.
https://image.nostr.build/75cabe6d6e1e8762efc26426e85ed28340fd6d53b249fdfa23d696a80c3a45d3.jpg
Just turned the 11th pile of the year for it's last hot phase. The 12th pile is starting to heat up too.
#compost #permies #permaculture

2023-11-02 21:32:51

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It should be there in the OP, do you see it? Here it is again:
https://image.nostr.build/6fc4c07a1a9071f58f1bd21b85d77793a96b4854c5ce5e7a5ee6a95ec638679d.jpg
On the porch sounds great. I'd like to put roof over this one so I can use it in the rain. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be happy to share more about the design, materials and build process.

2023-11-01 20:15:52

@nprofile…xj64 inspired me to post more rocket content. Here's a quick time-lapse of my rocket bench heating up and burning for about 2 hours. Butt-warming temperature takes about 15-20 minutes.
https://video.nostr.build/6e6059ea218cbcf0880d5b90cbc64c176a4fc4aa94e4a2d5c2d362f933e70dd1.mp4
https://image.nostr.build/6fc4c07a1a9071f58f1bd21b85d77793a96b4854c5ce5e7a5ee6a95ec638679d.jpg
#permies #permaculture #rocketmassheater

2023-11-01 18:01:16

Gm frens. The compost is cooking.
https://video.nostr.build/cb2b11ccb4417c56c465c63f776764bd2542c0e6e405369ee0c23aee3bfe8a0c.mp4

2023-11-01 16:17:54

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Nosta.me seems good for creating a profile, but I don't think it covers wallets.

2023-10-31 04:33:26

the color out of space
https://image.nostr.build/7cf9b80b9ee9767a2104a53716cd34309be3257b1e62cf8b681ccad6ed5b4154.jpg

2023-10-18 02:56:15

Found some nice shaggy manes today.
https://image.nostr.build/3df64a46ba77fef631a7c1be108d3036617b0b5aa665668b4a91ef169c3fb562.jpg
These turn into black liquid after being picked or getting too old. The process is called deliquescence and helps the mushroom distribute spores. Both the fresh mushroom and liquid are edible. The liquid can also be used as ink.

2023-10-14 02:48:08

Not sure what these are but I'm happy to have them growing out of a finished compost pile.
https://image.nostr.build/13f318b71986708b282be9e1ac6c61b745b45cd51d4864aa4374a8129542184f.jpg

2023-10-03 20:00:27

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I find it mats up and glues itself together when it's thick enough to be mulch. I'll use it my compost piles though.

2023-09-30 03:44:25

It's a shame I have to turn this compost pile. Maybe they'll survive and produce some peas...
https://image.nostr.build/9b08c8821558f8656e8d35721c7f4055a883b0e6ea735a774976ba8cd7d4792d.jpg

2023-09-13 01:19:02

When everything is configured correctly and connected correctly and it still doesn't work: try turning it off and on again. :facepalm:

2023-09-12 18:59:04

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Vegtrug sensor sends Bluetooth BLE beacons to an ESP32 running ESPHome, powered by a power bank that outputs USB-C (other types will shut off automatically). ESPHome runs in Home Assistant and stores data into InfluxDB for graphing with Grafana.
The sensors are best used for relative moisture at a single point rather than comparing moisture between locations. I look for the spike after watering, and then estimate the percentage for field capacity after it drains for a few hours.

2023-09-12 04:56:18

My work in the fiat mines has never given me the same satisfaction that I get from turning a compost pile. #compost #permies #permaculture
https://image.nostr.build/b5a93151b10bafaa47e544fbe0717e10dfa4cca91d04f1235868dba51953ac40.jpg

2023-09-11 20:09:48

Had a new visitor to the garden yesterday. He came over to get attention every few minutes and otherwise just sat and chilled nearby while I touched plants. #catstr
https://image.nostr.build/7708bef928b66a6df5c64ff60da8a4633bb42646aabea48161ae401196928af5.jpg

2023-09-10 23:56:44

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Alby is custodial so it depends on their servers working. I usually notice this during zapathons :)

2023-09-10 18:14:13

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got a few yesterday

2023-09-08 19:30:04

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Welcome to nostr!

2023-09-06 22:27:59

https://image.nostr.build/e9e89867d802d95ce7782703e1a5e6df7a30c311ef46c25d3bc2aa01d6051f18.jpg
I've had these butterworts for a few years now. The flower on the left is from Pinguicula x Aprhodite. It blooms consistently, sometimes even having two at once. The flower on the right is from Pinguicula x Gina. It has never bloomed before. I almost didn't notice it because of the similarity. #plantstr

2023-09-05 17:06:53

Started a new compost pile a few days ago...
https://image.nostr.build/b4a02f0c6da58100747069f7a484527b36dab79357b988303da95f5757081881.png
Rather than mixing everything on a tarp first, the ingredients went into the bin in single-bucket layers. Every few buckets I added a handful of cottonseed meal and cheap cat food for high nitrogen. It seems to be heating up nicely.
The first turn showed the inside was a little dry, which I think was indicated by the temperature dropping rapidly right before turning. Getting the moisture level right is harder when it's not mixed on a tarp first.
#compost #soilfoodweb #permies #permaculture

2023-08-24 22:49:54

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Those zones are about minimum temperatures.

2023-08-24 19:43:25

I had about 50 buckets that needed a thorough cleaning with the pressure washer. So I repurposed my saw buck to hold them.
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/8a02207ea9bec7afbebaf0aab112fcf2c9354078d1f2a3506a056b78640ccf1a.jpg
Slight downward angle lets it drain while washing. The saw buck is made from an old salvaged wood ladder. The rung on the back holds the bucket so it doesn't fly away from the pressure washer.
#permies #permaculture

2023-08-24 19:25:09

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Have you looked at SAFE Network? Ignore the shitcoin and dev fees. The XOR addressing and self-encrypting files look promising. https://safenetwork.org/

2023-08-24 00:07:28

I made a Grafana dashboard to monitor soil moisture throughout my garden:
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/9ef71bbf5b3c153ef1a3f408510637ae5a745f00f4ade4bebb2224fae918b510.png
The measurements are not consistent across sensors, so I've been watching what happens after watering (the spikes) and estimating field capacity for each sensor (the green dashed line).
#grafana #homeassistant #permaculture #grownostr

2023-08-20 02:06:27

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I did some freehand recordings with my phone through the eyepiece and they were good. The hardest part was holding the phone in the right spot so I bet an a adapter would work well.

2023-08-20 01:50:16

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Trinocular microscope, various adapters and a DSLR camera with live view and HDMI output to a monitor. I record the video from the monitor screen with my phone. I'll try direct capture when I can get another HDMI cable. Not cheap or simple but the video quality is way better than those overpriced USB microscope cameras.

2023-08-19 22:00:31

I found a variety of nematodes in a compost sample last night:
https://nostr.build/av/f24b39a9ffe5609a283838e3bf44746c07db7e99c9fb4787b04691ee41e54c9c.mp4
You can see this one swallowing. I got to see it poop too, but didn't get it on video. Nematode poop is one way that the soil food web cycles nutrients to make them plant available. Nematodes can eat 10,000 bacteria per day. They excrete the excess nutrients from the bacteria in a plant-available form.
https://nostr.build/av/436b65d03ead3ea32963aab224512122374fd9b91179886ce0a4bc7d3602a36b.mp4
https://nostr.build/av/0cf716e57c9f523937414d8c70b22de0f0ed674a4201bdb5451ccbc137da3fab.mp4
Seeing three different kinds of nematodes in a single drop from a compost sample is a good sign. This compost sample had lots of protozoa and fungi too. It was a little low on flagellates, and the organic matter wasn't fully decomposed. Still, I'm very impressed with it for being only four months old and never turned.
#soilfoodweb #compost #permies #permaculture #grownostr

2023-08-19 21:58:36

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Just in time for back to school. Hail Eris!

2023-08-16 21:57:19

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Being notified of unfollows on Primal makes me unhappy. I'd rather not know.

2023-08-15 16:45:44

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crocosmia

2023-08-12 07:28:46

https://m.primal.net/HIZf.mp4
https://m.primal.net/HIZg.mp4
https://m.primal.net/HIZh.mp4
https://m.primal.net/HIZi.mp4
#aiart #stablediffusion #animatediff

2023-08-12 06:23:33

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Some good reviews over at the permies.com wiki: https://permies.com/wiki/118775/Soil-Owner-Manual-Restore-Maintain

2023-08-11 21:27:50

It's a bright sunny day, so I took a look at the illuminance numbers on the sensors again.
https://m.primal.net/HIXS.png
Lots of variance in the raw numbers. Giving each one a scale factor based on its largest reading seems to calibrate them fairly well. Sensor 2 is less accurate now at lower levels, but these will be outside so it's not too important to get accurate numbers for lower light levels.
#grafana #homeassistant #grownostr

2023-08-11 21:21:11

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Idiocracy getting closer everyday.

2023-08-10 23:49:50

With only a few hours of data, I can see that sensor 2 is definitely giving invalid luminance numbers.
https://m.primal.net/HISI.png
The variance in the other sensors is high, but they follow the same pattern and might be fine with a manual offset. Since it was cloudy today, none of them hit the upper limit of measurement. In previous testing with sensor 1, the limit was 100,000 lux.
Next, I made it rain.
https://m.primal.net/HISJ.jpg
The large spike shows the senors are correctly detecting a change in moisture. Despite being right next to each other, they show very different percentages, as much as 20%. Seeing the moisture level drop off quickly seems like a sign of good drainage, at least down to 3 inches.
https://m.primal.net/HISK.png
It may be worth trying to calibrate the sensors in water. At the very least these give an idea of the relative moisture changing over time.
#homeassistant #grownostr

2023-08-10 23:20:39

#zapathon
https://m.primal.net/HIRw.gif