{"title":"Terroir","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery coffee we sell tastes of somewhere. Growers call it \u003cem\u003eterroir\u003c\/em\u003e: the soil, the slope, the rain and the cold nights of one particular place, showing up in the cup. Hayek called the same thing knowledge of the particular circumstances of time and place, and argued that no planner far away can ever hold it. The agrarians went further and said a free people needs to hold its own ground and know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the instruments for knowing your own terroir. They are weather stations and soil sensors built for the open field: the outdoor pieces run on solar power or batteries and report by radio, so they can stand in a plot all season, and each setup hands its readings back through a REST API that your own scripts and AI agents can read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery sensor reaches the internet through a gateway, so choose the gateway first.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your plot has cellular coverage and sun, start with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eWittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e, whose gateway uploads over 4G and runs on its own solar panel. If a building with Wi-Fi and an outlet is within radio range, the Wittboy, the GW1206 kit or Tempest will do. The soil probes report through whichever gateway you choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePair them with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e, which projects frost dates, growing degree days and soil temperature for your block from regional data, and with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/fielddata-mcp\"\u003eFieldData MCP\u003c\/a\u003e, which reads what your ECOWITT instruments actually measured, so the projection and the measurement sit side by side. Our books on agrarianism and on how coffee is grown round out the set. The instruments and books are available through Amazon.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ecowitt-wittboy-weather-station-gw2001","title":"ECOWITT Wittboy Weather Station GW2001","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you buy: this station needs Wi-Fi and a wall outlet.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Wittboy's mast reports by radio to a small indoor hub, and that hub reaches the internet only through Wi-Fi and runs only on USB power. You need a house, barn or shed with both, within radio range of the mast. If your plot has only cellular coverage and sun, buy the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eECOWITT WittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e instead: its gateway uploads over 4G, runs on its own solar panel, and accepts the same soil probes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wittboy pairs Ecowitt's GW2000 Wi-Fi hub with the WS90, a single solar-powered mast that measures temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, light, UV and rainfall. Its haptic rain sensor has no tipping bucket to clog, and the whole array mounts on one pole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e The mast needs no wiring. A built-in solar panel powers it, and backup batteries carry it through nights and cloudy spells, so you can set it on a post in an open field, away from buildings that shade it or bend the wind. It reaches the hub by radio up to roughly 300 metres across open ground and about half that through trees and walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat earns it a place on our shelf is what happens to the data. The readings go to the free Ecowitt.net service, which serves them back through a REST API keyed to your own application and API keys, and the hub can also push each reading to a web address you choose. Your own scripts or AI agents can therefore read your weather directly rather than through a phone app.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same hub accepts Ecowitt's battery-powered soil moisture and soil temperature probes, so one gateway in the barn can report both the sky over your plot and the ground under it. It is a natural companion to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e: Good Earth projects frost dates and growing degree days for your block from regional data, and the Wittboy tells you what actually happened there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67826243665987,"sku":"Ecowitt-Wittboy-GW2001-15445418016835","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/51wTIDGtTWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1793275105"},{"product_id":"tempest-weather-station","title":"Tempest Weather Station","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you buy: this station needs Wi-Fi and a wall outlet.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Tempest sensor reports by radio to a small indoor hub, and that hub reaches the internet only through Wi-Fi and runs on USB power. Tempest offers no cellular option. If your plot has only cellular coverage and sun, look at the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eECOWITT WittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e, whose gateway uploads over 4G and runs on its own solar panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTempest is a weather station with no moving parts. A single sensor measures temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, rain, solar radiation, UV and nearby lightning, and reports every few seconds. With nothing to spin or tip, it asks for very little maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e The sensor is solar-powered and carries its own rechargeable battery, so it runs year-round on a post in the open with no cable to it. The maker puts its radio range to the hub at more than 1,000 feet in the open, so the sensor can stand where the weather is rather than beside an outlet, as long as the hub's building is within that range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTempest is also the most developer-friendly station we know of. Owners can create a personal access token in the Tempest web app and read their station's observations from a documented REST API, so your own scripts and AI agents can work from your field readings directly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePair it with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e: Good Earth reasons about your block from regional climate data, and Tempest reports what your block actually saw. Tempest measures the air rather than the soil; for ground readings, see the Ecowitt sensors in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67826243698755,"sku":"Tempest-Weather-Station-15445418049603","price":349.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/618WaTRyhBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1793275106"},{"product_id":"ecowitt-gw1206-soil-moisture-kit","title":"ECOWITT GW1206 Soil Moisture Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you buy: this kit needs Wi-Fi and a wall outlet.\u003c\/strong\u003e The probe reports by radio to the kit's gateway, and the gateway reaches the internet only through Wi-Fi and runs only on USB power. You need a house, barn or shed with both, within radio range of your beds. If your plot has only cellular coverage and sun, buy the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eECOWITT WittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e and add \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wh51-soil-moisture-sensor\"\u003eWH51 probes\u003c\/a\u003e to it instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere you do have Wi-Fi and power, this is the smallest way into measuring your own ground. The kit pairs Ecowitt's GW1200 Wi-Fi gateway, which also reads indoor temperature, humidity and pressure, with one WH51 wireless soil moisture probe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e The probe runs on a single AA battery that lasts about a year, so it can sit in a bed or a row far from any outlet; lithium AAs hold up best through a northern winter. Put the gateway in the building nearest your plot, and the probes can stay out in the ground all season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe readings go to the free Ecowitt.net service, which serves them back through a REST API, and the gateway can also push them to a web address you choose. A watering script, a dashboard or an AI agent can read the bed's moisture without anyone walking out to check.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gateway accepts up to eight soil moisture probes and Ecowitt's soil temperature probes, so the kit grows with the garden. Soil temperature is what \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e projects for planting windows; a probe in the ground lets you check that projection against your own soil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67826243731523,"sku":"Ecowitt-GW1206-15445418082371","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/514PSvrVRdL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1793275107"},{"product_id":"ecowitt-wh51-soil-moisture-sensor","title":"ECOWITT WH51 Wireless Soil Moisture Sensor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you buy: this probe cannot reach the internet by itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e It only talks by radio to an Ecowitt gateway, so buy it together with one of these:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf your plot has only cellular coverage and sun: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eECOWITT WittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e, whose gateway uploads over 4G, runs on solar power and holds up to sixteen of these probes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf a building with Wi-Fi and an outlet is within radio range: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-gw1206-soil-moisture-kit\"\u003eGW1206 Soil Moisture Kit\u003c\/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittboy-weather-station-gw2001\"\u003eWittboy weather station\u003c\/a\u003e, each up to eight probes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe WH51 is a soil moisture probe that you push into a bed, a row or a pot, and each probe on a gateway gets its own channel name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e It runs on a single AA battery, typically for about a year, and needs no cable, so it belongs out in the plot rather than in a greenhouse tray. Lithium AAs hold up best in the cold. Once paired, its readings join the rest of your data on Ecowitt.net, where a REST API serves them to your own scripts and agents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoisture differs across a single plot more than most growers expect. A probe in the hollow and another on the rise will tell you so, which is the same point \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e makes when it reports the spread across a block rather than one number.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67826243764291,"sku":"Ecowitt-WH51-15445418115139","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/61JOlQodiCL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1793275108"},{"product_id":"ecowitt-wn34bs-soil-temperature-sensor","title":"ECOWITT WN34BS Soil Temperature Sensor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you buy: this probe cannot reach the internet by itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e It only talks by radio to an Ecowitt gateway, so buy it together with one of these:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf your plot has only cellular coverage and sun: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittfield-ws6212s-4g-solar-weather-station\"\u003eECOWITT WittField 4G \u0026amp; Solar Field Weather Station\u003c\/a\u003e, whose gateway uploads over 4G, runs on solar power and holds up to eight of these probes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf a building with Wi-Fi and an outlet is within radio range: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-gw1206-soil-moisture-kit\"\u003eGW1206 Soil Moisture Kit\u003c\/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/ecowitt-wittboy-weather-station-gw2001\"\u003eWittboy weather station\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe WN34BS is a soil thermometer with a stainless steel probe of about a foot and a small LCD on top, so you can read it where it stands as well as remotely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e It runs on AA batteries housed in its waterproof head, with no cable to it, so it can stay in a field bed through the season; lithium AAs hold up best through frost. Once paired, its readings come back through Ecowitt's REST API alongside the rest of your data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil temperature decides when seeds germinate and when a bed is ready to plant, which is why \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e projects it for planting windows. 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The WittField's WS6210S gateway needs neither: it carries a 4G cellular modem and a SIM card, runs on its own solar panel and rechargeable batteries, and mounts on a pole out in the plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is in the kit.\u003c\/strong\u003e The WS6210S 4G and Wi-Fi gateway with its solar panel and bracket, a 4-in-1 outdoor sensor for wind, temperature, humidity and light, a rain gauge with a bird spike, and an outdoor thermometer and hygrometer. The gateway also accepts Ecowitt's soil probes, up to sixteen WH51 moisture sensors and up to eight WN34 temperature sensors, so one solar pole can report both the sky over your field and the ground under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePower in the field.\u003c\/strong\u003e The 7-watt panel charges eight rechargeable AA cells inside the gateway. At the default five-minute posting interval the gateway draws a small fraction of a watt, and Ecowitt rates a full charge at about twenty days with no sun at all, enough to ride out a run of grey northern winter weeks. Readings are also written to an 8 GB microSD card, so a lapse in cell coverage does not lose data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGetting the data.\u003c\/strong\u003e The gateway uploads to the free Ecowitt.net service, which serves your readings back through a REST API keyed to your own application and API keys. Your scripts and AI agents read a field station on a hill the same way they would read one in the kitchen. If a Wi-Fi network is ever in range, the gateway prefers it and falls back to 4G when it drops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur advice before you buy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCheck the signal where the pole will stand.\u003c\/strong\u003e The included SIM roams on AT\u0026amp;T and T-Mobile in the United States. Stand at the spot with a phone on one of those networks and confirm a 4G signal; a Verizon-only valley will not work with it. The North American 915 MHz version is 4G-only and has no 2G fallback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUse Ecowitt's SIM rather than your own carrier's.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ecowitt warns that a local US carrier SIM may get the device blocked. Its SIM comes with a few months of starter data; after that, renewal in the Ecowitt app costs roughly twenty dollars a year, which is ample at a five-minute posting rate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBring a pole and pick full sun.\u003c\/strong\u003e The bracket fits a pole of 1.8 to 2.75 inches in diameter, which is not included. Put the panel where nothing shades it in December.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep it within radio range of your probes.\u003c\/strong\u003e The gateway hears sensors up to about 300 metres away in open ground, less through trees and buildings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt pairs naturally with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/good-earth-mcp\"\u003eGood Earth MCP\u003c\/a\u003e, which projects frost dates, growing degree days and soil temperature for your block from regional data; the WittField tells you what your field actually did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67826474352707,"sku":"Ecowitt-WittField-WS6212S-15445546106947","price":379.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/61YBA2GSUaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1793279474"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/collections\/steampunk-austrian-coffee-farmer.png?v=1793383535","url":"https:\/\/cafe.tollbooth-dpyc.com\/collections\/terroir.oembed","provider":"Good Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}