Right, what are you into?

Do you perchance like #lynks #JohnGrant @Solobasssteve #TheGlobe the amazing Boiler Shop in #Newcastle, #Casio, #Cake #Nikon cameras #Photography, #Writing, #metaldetecting or have a #Polytunnel? If so.. this one's for you.

https://documentally.substack.com/p/outside-the-average-545

Three weeks at the #allotment:

We completed the #polytunnel.

The whole plot has been strimmed down to ground level

2 of the pallet built #compost heaps have been removed, the wood will, where possible be reused, and the rest recycled, or chipped and composted.

While digging out and sorting the compost from one of the heaps, we found some red-skinned #potatoes, which we may be able to use as seed potatoes.

Purple Queen, my favourite bean. 2.5kg 💚
Zero chemical, minimal watering despite the heat

#harvest #organic #ChemicalFreeFood #permaculture #polytunnel

It was going to be a lazy day. Not any more.

We got confirmation of our #allotment tenancy overnight, so we're going to get started clearing the over-growth, and see what lies beneath.

A #polytunnel has been ordered, and I've sent a message to my boss asking permission to take some scrap pallets from the factory.

I've also got some chores to do at home. It's going to be a long day.

Right, some initial notes on these #RP2350 Melopero Perpetuo #LoRa boards: https://yvan.seth.id.au/melopero-perpetuo-first-notes.html

Long story short: they work... I can make LEDs flash, that's the key thing... right? 😂 Can also read the internal temperature sensor and check battery status.

A few "bugs" in the examples and a slightly faulty board.

So far, so good... Next job is to get one of them transmitting the temp and battery status to the other. Will need to think about how to "package" that data for reliable tx/rx, probably need some redundancy, etc, maybe a buffer window of data. Then I need to dig out some of my various sensors and decide what to hook up to the "remote" to send to the local. The local will probably then relay data to a connected computer via the serial console I guess.

Project #Polytunnel Telemetry is GO! Well, if I can get a signal that far, otherwise this becomes project #Greenhouse Telemetry... the greenhouse is about 30 metres away, the polytunnel is a kilometre.

#microcontroller