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![Home built no-till seed drill](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/seeding5.jpg)
Home built no-till seed drill
This is my home built no-till seed drill I use for planting legume mix winter cover crop seed in our stone fruit orchard. It produces very uniform seed spacing and depth with minimal soil disturbance, allowing optimum germination in our dry farmed environment.
![Triangle quick-attach to 3 point hitch](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/triangle%20hitch.gif)
Triangle quick-attach to 3 point hitch
This quick attach system enables more rapid and safer changing of implements than a standard three point hitch. The design also enables use of a standard three point hitch if the tractor side portion of the quick attach system is not installed.
![Cover Crop Roller](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/pa180023_0.jpg)
Cover Crop Roller
This tool is used to roll standing annual cover crops and crimp the stem to prevent regrowth and create a heavy mulch in place that can be planted through using no-till drills, planters and transplanters. This tool entry is based on the Rodale Institute's open source design, and updated by ADABIO
![Arduino soil moisture data logger for extended remote usage](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/SensorUnit_Breadboard_bb_1.png)
Arduino soil moisture data logger for extended remote usage
This is a simple soil moisture data logger using an Arduino Uno with a power-controller circuit to regulate connection between a battery pack and the Arduino. It has a battery life of months and is suited for remote data collection.
Strip-Till
An Open-Source Strip-Till realised by students at UniLasalle Polytechnique Beauvais (France) with AgriLab and la chaire d'Agromachinisme et nouvelle technologie
![Slug Trap & Composter](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/CAD%20prototype.jpg)
Slug Trap & Composter
PROBLEM: Slugs are damaging crops and farmers are trying to kill the slugs. We found a way to efficiently trap slugs without hurting them, so that farmers don’t have to worry about crop damage. SOLUTION: Our solution is eco-friendly, and harmless to all slugs used.The trap is created by recycled materials found in most households. For our slug trap we use a plastic water bottle. Slugs are attracted to the yeast at the bottom of the bottle, and they go into the trap. We have a barrier so they can’t fall and drown in the yeast. We recommend having a trap every twenty yards. You must dig a small hole and insert the bottle for use. We also recommend having the top of the trap at ground level. The slugs are then put into your compost. Slug can be used for composting because they are organic decomposers. Vermicomposting is using worms to aerate and help decompose compost, so in place of worms our slugs will digest raw or organic materials. When taking the composted material into the fields, we recommend checking the composted material to make sure there are no slugs inside of it. ***This prototype and solution were created in response to the research component of a robotics competition. Thirteen seventh graders in South Louisiana were challenged with finding an innovative solution to a problem with a way that humans and animals interact. The students initially found that slug slime had healing properties and wanted to find a way to capture slugs in farm plots and bottle the slug slime to sell at farmer's markets.
![Ndicea Nitrogen Management](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/2011_06_13_eng_ndicea_n_mineralisation_820x468.jpg)
Ndicea Nitrogen Management
I nicked it from the Louis Bolck Institue. I tried to find the copy right rules, but couldn't, so I expect an open source program to be open source. http://www.ndicea.nl/index.php It might be usefull for some of you guys, or maybe some digital wizard who want's to write some more coding in order for it to be even more usefull (eg more application with this one program)
![Forest biochar rocket stove](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/IMG_20140415_093431.jpg)
Forest biochar rocket stove
Rocket stove designed to make biochar and provide heat for cooking and space heating
Wheel hoe
Easy to build, inexpensive wheel hoe made from old bike parts.
![Agricultural Entries and Translations from the Encyclopédie, 1751](https://farmhack.org/sites/default/files/boulangertoolsandshopplate-1-2.jpg)
Agricultural Entries and Translations from the Encyclopédie, 1751
The Encyclopédie was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many named contributors, and it was the first general encyclopedia to lavish attention on the mechanical arts, such as metallaria (blacksmithing, metallurgy), agricultura (agriculture), vestiaria (tailoring, weaving), architectura (architecture, masonry), mercatura (trade), coquinaria (cooking). “This is a work that cannot be completed except by a society of men of letters and skilled workmen, each working separately on his own part, but all bound together solely by their zeal for the best interests of the human race and a feeling of mutual good will.” —Diderot The following sections first published in 1751 embody many of Farm Hack's ideals.