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Open Farm: Learn to Grow Anything

12 pointsby Inceptionover 10 years ago

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stinkytacoover 10 years ago
This is pretty cool, I remember seeing some time back on HN as a kickstarter and I hope they do well.<p>But...<p>There&#x27;s an old maxim in gardening that I feel is a truism: all gardening advice is local. Your local extension service and master gardeners program is still the best source of advice because it&#x27;s full of people who&#x27;ve had success growing in the same conditions (climate, soil, particular wildlife, etc) as you.<p>I hope openfarm can find a way to incorporate that all important regional component into their system because sometimes I feel the extension service is 10 years behind the gardening trends.<p>I&#x27;d also like to see more general guides (double digging, container selection, getting started with greenhouses) but the About and Styleguide don&#x27;t seem to have those elements yet.<p>EDIT: Oh, and I see in their forums someone asking about a stack exchange style discussion system. That would be great. The number of times I&#x27;ve said &quot;What the hell is this on my leaves&quot;...