Yet another Raspberry Pi gardening system. The goal of this project is to setup 5 independent zones in elevated beds. Each bed will have a soil moisture sensor and a solenoid controlled watering system. The system will run on python and the webioPi framework. Instead of hooking the system up to the water main, I will be using a 30 gallon barrel with a low water switch as I am scared of flooding my yard should something go wrong.
Upcoming Features:
-5 zone soil moisture monitoring w/ automatic watering
-Temperature sensor
-Humidity sensor
-Barometric pressure sensor
-5 zone Sunlight sensors (my garden is in a partially covered area so the sun coverage varies throughout the day)
-Low water sensor
-SQL logging of all sensor data every 15 minutes to local NAS
-Timelapse photography with video rendering
-Error detection (invalid values, watering issues)
-Web based remote monitoring and control