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Yvan<p>Right, some initial notes on these <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/RP2350" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RP2350</span></a> Melopero Perpetuo <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/LoRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoRa</span></a> boards: <a href="https://yvan.seth.id.au/melopero-perpetuo-first-notes.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yvan.seth.id.au/melopero-perpe</span><span class="invisible">tuo-first-notes.html</span></a></p><p>Long story short: they work... I can make LEDs flash, that's the key thing... right? 😂 Can also read the internal temperature sensor and check battery status.</p><p>A few "bugs" in the examples and a slightly faulty board.</p><p>So far, so good... Next job is to get one of them transmitting the temp and battery status to the other. Will need to think about how to "package" that data for reliable tx/rx, probably need some redundancy, etc, maybe a buffer window of data. Then I need to dig out some of my various sensors and decide what to hook up to the "remote" to send to the local. The local will probably then relay data to a connected computer via the serial console I guess.</p><p>Project <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/Polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytunnel</span></a> Telemetry is GO! Well, if I can get a signal that far, otherwise this becomes project <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/Greenhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenhouse</span></a> Telemetry... the greenhouse is about 30 metres away, the polytunnel is a kilometre.</p><p><a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/microcontroller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcontroller</span></a></p>
Yvan<p>Another postcard from our <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a>... kinda went a bit long with this one. Not a lot of tasks ticked off, but a good bit of hard yakka. My arms and legs ache!</p><p>The octagonal shed is now upright on cinderblock plinths.</p><p>We have a <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> rat!! 😐 As captured by CCTV...</p><p>Something has eaten a bunch of our polytunnel crops! 😭 (The rat?? 🤔)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/aO41mGmyY-E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/aO41mGmyY-E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Yvan<p>Right, REPOST (with the right month and year, lol)</p><p><a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> postcard done already! <a href="https://youtu.be/iyCxKCzIBYE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/iyCxKCzIBYE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Because not much has happened this week! It is cold, everything is frozen. Whilst we certainly don't get as chilly as many do at this time of year, it's still enough to grind things to a halt when it happens.</p><p>What did happen this weekend is the CCTV in the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> caught us a Great Tit! Which inspired us to sort out some bird feeders for the plot.</p><p>So in this week's postcard we visit one of our local garden centres, buy and deploy bird feeders, and talk potatoes — what we're going to grow this year and where we buy them.</p>
Yvan<p>When nipping out to go to the post office I noticed it was fairly still, so I grabbed the shitty little drone and managed to take some iffy <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> photos without losing it (it tried to bugger off elsewhere a couple of times, as usual, bastard thing.)</p><p>For the uninitiated, our plots are the one with the biggest <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> in the middle and the one next to it with the glassless <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/greenhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenhouse</span></a> frame adjacent to one end of the polytunnel... and lots of junk (current main work-in-progress).</p><p>No rain here so far today, but cold and drab outside, uninspiring weather - apparently rain or even snow tonight, I'd like a bit of snow... snow is fun. </p><p>For comparison here is where we were at in late October: <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/@yvan/113375010347200497" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toot.ale.gd/@yvan/113375010347</span><span class="invisible">200497</span></a></p>
Yvan<p>The one small <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> job today was fitting this 4G CCTV camera inside the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> - so now we have PolyCam! </p><p>The camera is leftover work detritus, a ReoLink Go PT Plus, we got this so the warehouse would have a secondary CCTV option not reliant on site internet or power. It never actually got deployed (shit happened, per se). In the recent "Black Friday" times someone here pointed out a good deal on a 4G SIM* - so I decided to get that and dig out the camera.</p><p>The video attached was captured from home, so it's up and working well. I can now remotely watch our poor polytunnel seedlings get battered by the wind. Need to do something about polytunnel doors really.</p><p>Going to be interesting to see if the little solar panel it came with can really keep its battery topped up through winter.</p><p>* one-off £30 for 25 gigs of data per month until Feb 2027 on the Three network which has a pretty strong signal at the allotment site, it's back up to £60 now.</p>
Yvan<p>Whilst I am at it, current <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> temperature graph is interesting... we plunged so low to -4.4°C last week, but the cold-snap was short-lived and that is one weird hump on Saturday where the temperature didn't go down at all overnight, it just kept going up!</p>
Yvan<p>Righty, one storm*-delayed <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> vlog! <a href="https://youtu.be/EEcSXiSMN44" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/EEcSXiSMN44</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This is our first year attempting overwintered greens in the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> and as with most things it was a bit of a late start for these. Shall be interesting to see what, if anything, works out from the 6 leaf crop varieties we're trying out in here. Left to right:</p><p>Pak Choi (Colour Crunch Mix)<br>Spinach (Mediana)<br>Mustard Greens (Giant Winter)<br>Nine Headed Bird (another mustard green)<br>Lambs' Lettuce<br>Chard (Bright Lights)</p><p>Alongside the garlic we popped in these beds as per last week's vlog, and the earlier sowings of carrots, coriander, dill, rashishes, celery seedlings, and a bonus volunteer wild rocket.</p><p>Bar far the most winter action the polytunnel has ever seen!</p><p>We also re-secure a wobbly Ume tree, and drop off gathered leaves for making Darlek leaf-mould.</p><p>* Storm Brian, and also storm-Yvan-mistyping-a-rm-and-deleting an hour's work!</p>
Yvan<p>All change!</p><p>In this week's vlog the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> has been stripped and tidied, and the over-winter polytunnel garlic crop is in.</p><p>Meanwhile Kat has been burninating the countryside.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhAZke0x4E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=dKhAZke0x4</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>
Yvan<p>Re. earlier repost... today was well oorlich! The damp greyness certainly seeped all the way to my bones. Now on a couch under a blanket with the laptop warming me.</p><p>Rain and dark stopped play at <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a>. We really need to work on getting earlier starts now these so so short days are upon us.</p><p>The <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> garlic is now in... 26x Kingsand Wight, 25x Picardy Wight, and 60x of the fattest "Wonky" bulbs. Not quite as many as I'd hoped to get in in total, but it brings us up to 243 garlics planted.</p><p>Started putting in the winter seedlings but as the temperature dropped a couple of degrees my glasses started steaming up and I couldn't see shit. Need to consider contacts again perhaps.</p>
Yvan<p>Couple of hours down the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> today with one job: <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> clearance.</p><p>Job done!</p><p>That's one of the <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> bays topped up to the top again now too!</p><p>Slightly dodgy quality on the images as they're stills from video... some schmuck forgot to take photos.</p><p>Beds cleared barring a few things kept in (gotta enjoy those marigolds whilst they last!) Beds well watered, will be watered again tomorrow, then we plant overwintering crops.</p>
Arne<p>Cheap wooden <a href="https://norden.social/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> <br>The first hoop is laminated, edges planed &amp; routed and oiled.<br>The instructions of the glue say "not below 6°C". We have 7°C. The one done yesterday morning had to stay in the fixture all night and the glue still could have had some more time.<br>So instead of 2-3 hoops/day, I just get one done.<br>Found a nice spot for storage. 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/gardening" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gardening</span></a></span> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/WoodenPolytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoodenPolytunnel</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/HoopHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoopHouse</span></a></p>
Arne<p>Cheap <a href="https://norden.social/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> <br>The fixture for the hoops is finished. As I didn't have any material for the steaming chamber lying around after the fail of the drainage tube, I've cut the battens in half. After putting them through a thicknesser, they are 10mm thick and bend well over the fixture.<br>Now I can laminate layers of battens.<br>I just have to use different lengths for the layers so the joints don't overlap.<br>~ (3m+3m+1.4m) (2.5m+2.4m+2.5) (1.4m+3m+3m) with outer layer slightly longer. <a href="https://norden.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a></p>
Arne<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://loud.computer/@nettle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nettle</span></a></span> 's partner and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@suearcher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>suearcher</span></a></span> basically figured out what the new <a href="https://norden.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> project is about: I want to use very low grade timber from the hardware store, bend it, laminate it and make hoops for the next <a href="https://norden.social/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> .<br>There is no prize, but congratulations you two!<br>The fixture for bending the wood is rather large unfortunately. So I'll have to disassemble it after the build.<br>To keep the wood off the ground, the hoops are fixed to flat steel bars in the ground.<br>I'll keep you posted.<br><a href="https://norden.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a></p>
Yvan<p>Hobbled about, trimmed some side shoots, crawled on the ground like a toddler and popped in some <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/polytunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytunnel</span></a> coriander and dill seeds. Kat did most of the harvest.</p><p>The polytunnel radishes planted a week or so ago are popping up.</p><p>Looked wistfully at the bits of greenhouse frame on the other <a href="https://toot.ale.gd/tags/allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allotment</span></a> plot.</p><p>Haven't had a sub-zero night in the polytunnel yet, min of 1.8 in that cold snap last week but has stayed in double digits since.</p>
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