The Assignment

THE ASSIGNMENT:
Choose an area, size 1 meter x 1 meter, and over the course of 10 weeks collect data once a week on the populations and species within the plot. Determine soil type and analyze the deterioration of a fruit sample placed in the plot. Give daily weather reports for the 10 weeks.

Visit 1; 8 September 2013

High: 91
Low: 73

So, today was my first visit to my 1x1 meter location. It's in E. Des Moines, near Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex.
















Today, I was just really getting my bearings, trying to figure out exactly where I wanted my plot to be. (As you can see by the above image, I figured it out)

To say that it was hot, is to put it mildly. The ground was dry, even after the light rain we got yesterday. Even the nearby creek is almost dried up. The grass is pretty brown at this point of the summer.

The birds were happy, I suppose, they were chirping away, the only other sounds were the occasional car driving down Dean/Fairview.