posted 8 years ago
I want to automate the daily and weekly chores on my small farm! How do you automate?
I am great at starting new projects but regular tasks kind of get me down. This morning I fed chickens, watered the plant nursery, manually operated the valve on my market garden, and moved a few garden hoses around to water some landscape trees. For some reason I was really bothered by all of these chores and felt a little foolish for not putting more effort into automation.
I have the infrastructure and materials to accomplish most of the automation that I require but I was curious how others automate things on a farm.... Irrigation of plants, feeding of animals, watering of animals, lighting and heating in greenhouses, tomato-picking robots...
There are obvious solutions (e.g. irrigation timers) and creative solutions.... and they are all worth hearing.
So fellow farmers, how do you automate to make your life easier???