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Life & fun · June 28, 2017

GreenPiThumb

A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot

GreenPiThumb launched on June 28, 2017 with 7 votes, #1,104 of 3,107 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

Using the Raspberry Pi to water plants automatically

This is the story of GreenPiThumb: a gardening bot that automatically waters houseplants, but also sometimes kills them. The story begins about a year ago, when I was struck by a sudden desire to own a houseplant. A plant would look nice, supply me with much needed oxygen, and imply to guests that I’m a responsible grown-up, capable of caring for a living thing. But I’m a programmer, not a gardener. If I had a plant, I’d have to water it and check the plant’s health a few times per week. I decided it would be much easier if I just spent several hundred hours building a robot to do that for me. If the plant lives to be 80 years old, I come out slightly ahead. Like…from mtlynch.io

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