From idea up to when the tool has been tested

Encyclopedia of Practical Farm Knowledge

By dorn
FARM KNOWLEDGE WIKI Based on a Complete Manual of Successful Farming Written by Recognized Authorities in All Parts of the Country; Based on Sound Principles and the Actual Experience of Real Farmers—“The Farmers Own Cyclopedia” Starting text for the...
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
0 comments
Created: 2013/02/19 02:33
Updated: 2024/09/13 18:03

Solar Powered Greenhouse Ventilation

This is the first phase of a project to build a solar-powered automated greenhouse ventilation system. Farmhack NYC will also host a meet-up design session for this project.
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
0 comments
Created: 2013/02/01 16:24
Updated: 2024/10/17 17:58

Sub-irrigated raised planter

This concept is meant to provide consistent soil moisture levels to gardens with spotty or insufficient access to water. It take the idea of a sub-irrigated planter and applies it to an entire raised bed.
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
0 comments
Created: 2013/01/10 17:56
Updated: 2017/01/21 19:20

small axial flow combine harvester

By dorn
This tool is for documenting small scale axial flow threshing systems, harvest heads, and grain/bean separating approaches that could be used to retrofit existing combines and facilitate local manufacture of parts or even whole combines suitable for research and harvesting...
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
0 comments
Created: 2012/12/30 19:48
Updated: 2024/10/17 15:34

Open Irrigation Controller System

By Louis
The goal of this project is to create a wireless and networked irrigation control system for greenhouses. The end goal is to provide a user-interface (UI) from which a farmer could see a map of their nodes, monitor their sensor...
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
0 comments
Created: 2012/10/21 14:37
Updated: 2024/10/15 00:20

Garlic planting implement

Garlic is labor intensive to plant as the cloves should ideally be planted with the clove base down, so that the plant does not need to waste energy growing around the clove in order to reach the surface. Our...
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
0 comments
Created: 2012/10/20 20:16
Updated: 2024/10/13 17:39

Farm Item Locator

By jbd
Locates and tracks items in a defined area (several acres). Uses 3 or more "anchor points" to locate the position of any tag within the area defined by the anchor points. Tags must be low cost, but the anchor points...
I built (or modified) this tool
1 user has voted.
Created: 2012/09/04 01:05
Updated: 2017/01/21 19:21

Modified Berry Picker/path weeder

A modified berry picking design where the user lays in a prone position hovering over a row crop and weeding or harvesting. The wheels sit in the pathways as the user moves through the row. The cultivator blade...
I built (or modified) this tool
No votes have been submitted yet.
Created: 2012/06/21 17:04
Updated: 2017/01/21 19:21