My first foray into home automations, Zigbee and irrigation systems.
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That’s exactly the kind of project I enjoy reading about-starting with a simple everyday annoyance and ending up with a practical solution. Automating irrigation makes a lot of sense, especially if you’re trying to keep plants healthy without constantly thinking about it. It also reminds me how much proper watering affects plants in general. I recently came across this article about why hydrangea leaves turn yellow, and it does a good job explaining how watering can be part of the problem: https://botanapp.com/blog/yellow-leaf-hydrangea. Curious to see where you took the Home Assistant setup from there.
I like that you tested the cloud integration first before moving toward a more local setup. It seems like a sensible way to make sure the hardware itself is reliable before adding another layer of automation. I’m interested to see how well the MQTT integration worked once everything was running through Home Assistant.