Application of Internet of Things for Smart Gardening System

In this paper we have presented an IOT based Smart Gardening system to control the moisture of soil. This technique actually measure the moisture of soil and if the moister level is below the user defined threshold value then the motor starts automatically and power on the water pump. If it reaches or crosses the threshold value it stops the motor. This is done with wireless moisture sensors that communicate with the smart gardening controls and also give the information about the water requirement for gardening. It uses ARDUINO-Mini as the microcontroller which is the core part of the system. The main components of the systems are Node MCU, L293D Motor Driver, 9V battery, Jumper Wires, Soil Moisturizer Sensor, DC Motor and software components. With smart gardening systems we can be better stewards of our resources.