HiTechHomestead
Kyson MontagueLow-cost DIY farm tech, real-world builds, and honest notes from a homesteader that’s wiring up a smart farm one DIY sensor at a time.
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Wi‑Fi Doesn’t Cut It on the Farm
Even with an elevated outdoor repeater, coverage at the far corners of the property remained wildly unreliable.
For the last three years, I’ve tried to make Wi-Fi work across my farm. Spoiler alert - it hasn’t gone well.
I use Wi‑Fi every...
Soil Moisture Case Study: Update #2
In my last case study update I was primarily focused on the first rainfall event since deploying the sensors and looking at how the overall system responded. That part behaved about the way I expected. The moisture readings from soil sensor...
Soil Moisture Case Study: Update #1
Initial Cast Study Findings
This last week brought the first meaningful spring rainfall since I installed the soil moisture sensors last week.
Over the course of two days, we received slightly more than 0.8 inches of rain. Before the...
Case Study: Tracking Rainfall and Soil Moisture
Recently I’ve been working toward a simple case study to demonstrate a real-world application of the HTH system. The goal here is to put together a small, practical setup that answers a constant question on my farm:
When do I need to water...
Status Update #7
It has (again) been a little while since the last update.
The plan had been to follow up fairly quickly after opening Early Access, but the past few weeks have been split across a number of different priorities. Some of that has been progr...
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