Photos:
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- Considerations for selecting an area.
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- Proposed study area.
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- Stakes and flags to mark the field perimeter. A bucket and a trowel to collect soil for sampling. (13 March 2025)
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- Beginning stages of fence set-up (zoom in to see stakes). Before flail mowing. (19 April 2025)
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- A few of the many rocks removed during flail mowing.
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- After flail mowing the corn debris. (23 April 2025)
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- Cover Crop Seed: Oats and Peas
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- Cover crop seeding (hand broadcasted)! (23 April 2025)
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- Peas and oats germinating! (7 May 2025)
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- Along the DIY deer fence. (7 May 2025)
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- End of semester visit with advisor, Prof. Cohen. (7 May 2025)
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- Summer Update from advisor, Prof. Cohen. (30 May 2025)
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- Summer Update #2 from advisor, Prof. Cohen. (30 June 2025)
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- Final Photo of Spring Cover Crop (23 August 2025)
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- Peas and oats on the front lines of soybean and corn monocultures. (23 August 2025)
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- Looking down. (23 August 2025)
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- Moments before flail mowing it all down. (29 August 2025)
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- Home stretch. (29 August 2025)
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- Perspective. (29 August 2025)
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- Organic matter galore! (29 August 2025)
Videos:
March 17 2025: The field on the day of soil sampling and perimeter deliniation.
April 19 2025: Pounding in a stake (1 of 27!).
April 19 2025: Partially done with stakes… note the difference in the time of day.