DREAMHILL DOME PROJECT
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Food Production
Welcome to the Dreamhill Garden
Our newest growing additon is an inside window garden click here for details how you can make one
Fruit Tree Orchard
Fruit Trees
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Orchard Irrigation - 2 hours deep watering twice a week
All Irrigation water has been structurally altered with a quartz crystal based on research work with Dr. Marcel Vogel
Garden Fruits and Vegitables
| Row | Planted |
| 1 | Blueberries - Carrots |
| 2 | Blueberries - Carrots |
| 3 | Grapes - Lettuce - Carrots - Beets |
| 4 | Grapes - Lettuce - Squash - Arugula - Open - Basil - Eggplant - Onion |
| 5 | Grapes - Lettuce - Cucumber - Squash - Zuchini - Open - Eggplant |
| 6 | Grapes - Cucumber - Watermelon - Tomatoes - Lettuce - Onion |
| 7 | Grapes - Squash - SwissChard - Tomatoes - Eggplant - Lettuce |
| 8 | Grapes - Strawberries - Hollyhocks - SwissChard - Eggplant - Onion - Lettuce |
May 2009 garden planted with 12 bags composting soil and Marie's 5 animal manure
2 weeks later
3 weeks later
4 weeks later
Solar photovoltaic array making use of the sunlight as well
Irrigation lines in garden
Flowers provide beauty and attract beneficial insects and some ward off pests
The custom designed garden gate is based on the seed of life pattern within the flower of life pattern.
The winged lion is an ancient replica from the palace of Palentine that sat on the highest hill overlooking Rome.
FUTURE GREENHOUSE
Polycarbonate 30 foot green house on platform
LED supplemental lighting
Use ratio 3 Red 660nm for flowering to1 Blue 450nm for leaf growth
OLD PHOTOS
Planted Bare Root Trees Feb 2004 (As you can see not much green on the hard clay soil)
First Blossoms
April 2004 all of the trees produce thier leaves
First Garden Planted March 2004 (Still living in Airstream before Dome construction)
Tulips around the Madrone Tree base (Power Trailer in background)
Walkway Plants with Garlic Garden below in 2004
In Summer of 2005 things are growing all over the place
May 2006 photos of Orchard and expanded Garden
Irrigation Programming
Garden Orchard
Due to low battery power storage conditions early in the morning, power for irrigation will be set for late morning. Willy's watering skedule has to occur after 1 pm. We need to monitor daily the water tank level during these times.
Left - Garden
2 Hours 4 times a week OPEN 11:00 CLOSE 13:00
4 Days of the Week
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Right - Orchard
2 Hours 2 times a week OPEN 11:00 CLOSE 13:00
2 Days of the Week
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
To Program Garden and Orchard timers
Reset the correct time by pressing Enter on the time setting and adjust with arrow keys then press Enter to exitArrow key > to 1 OPEN press Enter to change open time i.e. 11:00 press Enter to exitArrow key > to 1 CLOSE press Enter to change close time i.e. 13:00 press Enter to exitArrow key > to Days of Week and press Enter on days to omit i.e. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Then EXIT
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