My system is definitely analog, I've gotta walk out there and open the valve myself.
My system is definitely analog, I've gotta walk out there and open the valve myself.
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>While I had considered getting rain barrels in the past, the cost and effort always seemed a bit more than any financial savings would be. After starting a co-garden with our neighbor who already had some rain barrels, it started to make a little more sense but physically carrying watering cans was still not very sustainable (at least for me). My brain immediately went down the automation path, which led me to buying several water ‘cubes’ as well as submersible pumps, repurposing existing valves and water-proofing some indoor soil moisture sensors. A few weeks of effort and we now have a mostly self-automated watering system using free rainwater and fully controllable from Home Assistant.
This might not be the exactly right place to put this but its close enough. Unless others think it should be moved.
Archive: https://archive.today/Qhe8E
From the post:
>>While I had considered getting rain barrels in the past, the cost and effort always seemed a bit more than any financial savings would be. After starting a co-garden with our neighbor who already had some rain barrels, it started to make a little more sense but physically carrying watering cans was still not very sustainable (at least for me). My brain immediately went down the automation path, which led me to buying several water ‘cubes’ as well as submersible pumps, repurposing existing valves and water-proofing some indoor soil moisture sensors. A few weeks of effort and we now have a mostly self-automated watering system using free rainwater and fully controllable from Home Assistant.
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