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Tinker ☀️Jun 24, 2024

@argv_minus_one - I do and many in my community do.

We have community gardens and backyard gardens that "grow an extra row" to donate to the local food bank. We have a community garden downtown that folks maintain that anyone can come grab food from it. We have hot meals cooked every night by various groups in town.

I specifically (and others specifically) don't have yards so we grown indoors. I grow with low cost, low maintenance, and passive hydroponics. We distribute these out through the local community fridge. It's mutual aid, not charity. We're building post-scarcity institutions.

See this thread (and others) for pictures and examples: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/112582425833711424

#solarPunk #mutualAid #foodSecurity

Tinker ☀️ (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images I'm not the only one stocking the community fridge. It was packed today! #solarPunk #mutualAid #foodSecurity #postScarcity

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yohan Jun 24, 2024

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Would you mind elaborating on the low cost, low maintenance, passive hydroponics? Thanks!

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Tinker ☀️

@yohan_q - Absolutely! Low cost, low maintenance, hands off passive / automated hydroponics:

Read here for a proof of concept bin build: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/112164392670338644

And here for a larger "kitchen garden" build: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/111438984877146261

Basically using the Kratky method. See here: https://kratky.weebly.com/

So you provide as much water as the plants need (for leafy greens) or set up a passive system with a reservoir and float valves (for larger more water intensive plants. See here: https://kratky.weebly.com/bigger-plants.html

No pumps, no aerators. Lights are on a timer. Mix nutrients and water. Plant the seed and ignore until its time to harvest.

#hydroponics #solarPunk #indoorGardening #indoorFarming

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Attached: 1 image My "Single-Unit Hydroponic Grow Bin" 2.0 This thread will show how to build the grow bin and then follow along for six weeks as the example veggies grows. (This is an upgrade from my proof of concept found here: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/111321153719012419) The goal of this grow bin is: - To be small enough to fit in most places (the diameter of the base is 7 inches). - To be self contained with everything needed to grow a plant. - To be passive / automated / hands off - plant the seed, wait six weeks, harvest. - To be exceedingly cheap (with bulk supplies, the individual unit cost comes out to about $10) - Not require a lot of maintenance. - To be simple to make. - To be powered by a wall socket or USB battery (for folks charging batteries using one off solar panels). This answers the obstacles of hydroponics being portrayed as requiring an expensive startup cost, having dedicated or expansive space for hydroponic growing, require special or complex equipment, or special knowledge and skills. IT'S ADHD FRIENDLY!!!! Start growing whenever you get around to it. Doesn't require following growing seasons. Once you start growing, you can forget about it until it's done growing. This grow bin utilizes the Kratky method of hydroponics. (See how-to build in following thread.) #solarPunk #hydroponics #indoorGardening

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