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NoMad's Farm

Zen and the Art of Nomad Farming

NoMad's Farm

Growing food. Restoring soil. Building resilient systems.

A practical documentation hub for regenerative agriculture, balcony production, protected cultivation, field trials, monitoring and long-term learning.

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Start here

Use the site as a working system.

Start from the project registry, then move into active project pages, observations and knowledge sections. Projects are nested work streams, not a flat pile of links, because apparently navigation should not be a compost heap.

  1. Open the project registry
  2. Review Balcony Pot House
  3. Review Sprout Lab
  4. Compare crops
  5. Read field notes

Active projects

Sprout and microgreen production shed integrated into the farm
Indoor production

Sprout Lab

Sprouts, microgreens, seed viability and year-round propagation workflow.

Open Sprout Lab
 Monitoring station with sensors inside a regenerative garden
Monitoring

Microclimate Lab

Temperature, humidity, airflow, light and sensor placement for small growing systems.

Open Microclimate Lab
 Container garden with tomatoes, peppers, herbs and vertical support
Container production

Balcony Pot House

South-East balcony system with tomatoes, peppers, beans, herbs, sweet potato and volunteer selection.

Open Balcony Pot House
 Regenerative field with amaranth, orchard rows and living ground cover
Field work

Gaitanevo 2026

Outdoor crop observation, biomass production, soil building and low-input field routines.

Open Gaitanevo 2026
 Low-input squash pits spread through a natural farm landscape
Field trial

No-Maintenance Squash Trial

Scattered squash pits for low-labor production, moisture retention and production-per-visit data.

Open Squash Trial
 Greenhouse integrated into a regenerative homestead landscape
Protected cultivation

Greenhouse 2026

Protected growing system with lapad, nettle, amaranth, seed production and biomass cycles.

Open Greenhouse 2026

Primary knowledge

Living soil with roots, compost and soil organisms
Soil system

Soil & Ecology

Understand and build living soil: biology, compost, nutrients, roots and ecosystem health.

Explore Soil
 Amaranth, beans, squash and resilient crop profiles
Plant knowledge

Plants & Profiles

Detailed guides for crops we grow and test: amaranth, squash, beans, cover crops and more.

Browse Plants
 Crop matrix with Kiviat graph and comparison table
Decision support

Crop Matrix

Compare crops across criteria, strengths, trade-offs and use cases.

Open Matrix

Systems and operations

Water tanks and irrigation in a regenerative garden
Resource planning

Water Systems

Rainwater harvesting, storage, irrigation and efficient use.

Explore Water
 Solar shed, container, tanks and field infrastructure
Operations

Infrastructure

Buildings, systems and tools that support field and balcony work.

See Infrastructure
 Monitoring sensors and field telemetry
Automation

Monitoring & Automation

Sensors, dashboards and automation for better decisions.

Open Automation

Logs and reflections

Field journal notebook with plant sketches and observations
Documentation

Field Journal

Observations, notes, failures, lessons and field records.

Read Journal
 Resting after field work while watching the distant mountains at golden hour
Personal journal

Zen

Field thoughts, images and reflections from the long conversation between people and land.

Open Zen
Regenerative principles: living roots, biodiversity, soil cover and closed loops

Regenerative principles

Build soil, not just yield.

Soil first. Biodiversity. Closed loops. Minimum disturbance. Living roots. Long-term thinking.

Open Knowledge Base