Ton Matton's Chicken Cabinet Produces Fresh Eggs Right in Your Kitchen! As the urban farming movement grows we've showcased a bumper crop of container gardens that allow urbanites to plant their own veggies - and now designer Ton Matton is taking the trend to the next level with his clever Chicken Cabinet coop.
Ton took a standard cabinet and turned it into a one-stop shop for raising hens and producing fresh free-range eggs right in your backyard. Could cupboard-to-table be the next locavore trend? Ton’s Chicken Cabinet turns a familiar furnishing into a system dedicated to free range egg production. The cupboard is built to EU-approved free range specs, and it provides enough space for three chickens to roost and lay eggs.
The compartmentalized unit has drawers for soil, straw, corn feed, and egg storage, as well as tiny curtains for the hens, since they prefer to lay eggs in the dark. 15 Foods That Can Be Regrown From Scraps. I love gardening.
Well, not actually the work behind the gardening so much – it’s the harvesting that I really look forward to. There is nothing like fresh veggies from your own personal garden! I actually just planted a bunch of things in my vegetable garden, and may have gone a little plant happy at the feed & seed store. Oops. Obviously, we all know about the normal ways to grow plants – from seeds.
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Designed by California engineer Rory Landon Aronson, this open-source farming machine allows hackers and agriculturalists to brainstorm. Similar to CNC milling machines and 3D printers, the FarmBot works on a scalable frame that employs X, Y and Z directions, and can be outfitted with anything from sensors and spray nozzles to plows and seed injectors. Since the Green Revolution, the world has relied heavily on farming practices that include massive machinery, fossil fuels, and chemical pesticides. Sensing that a paradigm shift was needed, Aronson created the FarmBot to harness economies of scale and modern technologies.
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It is designed for the continuous production of food in sufficient quantities to provide a daily supplement to a household of 3-4 persons. It can easily be extended. By using the hydroponics technique it is possible to grow clean, toxin- and pesticide free produce with an optimum level of vitamins and other beneficial compounds. Technical background: Hydroponics is a growing method that makes it possible to control and optimize all growing parameters and avoid problems like soil-born diseases.