Research

A listing of research we do here around the farm!

Gardening Records

All of our gardening records from 2018 through current day are published on this website. Powered by volto-farmOS, this allows you to see:

Event logs like seeding, transplanting, and harvest.
Records filtered by location, date range, or plant type.

Habitat Assessment and Management

Assessment

We regularly monitor wildlife patterns to get a better understanding of their habitat needs. Assessment methods include:

Trail cameras
Bird/bees watching
Looking for animal tracks, scrapes, and signs
Hunting

Management

Our assessment practices then spur action initiatives such as:

Planting wildlife friendly forage
Clearing pathways in the woods
Building brushpiles

Read more about our land preservation efforts.

Open Source Development

We believe in and support open source development. Our external website is built in Plone and our internal farm records management runs farmOS.

Code Repositories We Have Built

We don't just farm. We code too! Check out some of our open source contributions!

Plone Community Addons

volto-farmOS - an add-on for Plone that enables Plone and farmOS to talk to each other. This is what makes the gardening records on lillymountain.com come alive!

farmOS Docker Repositories

coookiecutter-farmOS - a quick and automated way to build and deploy a multi-tiered farmOS environment using Github Actions

farmOS Contrib Modules

farm_seed_asset_extended - adds custom fields
farm_land_asset_extended - adds custom types
farm_structure_asset_extended - adds custom types

Other Plone Addons (that run this website)

plone-mountain-site - docker project
volto-mountain-theme - look and feel

Sensors and Data

Temperature & Humidity MQTT Sensors
Arduino Plant Waterer - Uses soil sensors, solid-state relays, and water pumps to automatically water our seedlings before they run dry.

OSS Participation

We regularly contribute code, documentation, marketing, and planning to these open source projects. Giving back to those communities is essential to progress in a lively software ecosystem. Our open source community participation includes membership on the following teams: