Past couple of days...

I have been in the workshop downstairs making the base for my plant to sit on when "planted" in the pot - which I had to get a new one... damn thing broke in my bag. Got me a nice terracotta one instead, much more durable and I think also looks a lot better. It being a proper pot also adds to the realism of my plant which is good. Wasn't that expensive either which is a plus!

Anyway back to the base, what I am doing is creating a chamber within the pot which will be where all my electrical stuff will go. Then there will be a lid to this chamber to cover it up which is the base for my plant to sit on and leaves to slot into. Yesterday I got the base cut out, took me ages as I got the measurement for the inner circle of the pot wrong. The circle I cut was too big and I had to reduce it but not by too much otherwise the lid would just fall through the lip within the pot that I want to have it sit on because its at the perfect level for my plant to make it seem like its "planted". Today I shaped the base a lot better and drilled the necessary holes for the leaf stalks to stick into and for the wires on the motion sensor and the wires attached to the plant to go through and to the circuitry/arduino board within the pot.