High: 78
Low: 50
Visit 4; 28 September 2013
High: 71
Low: 50
So, my orange is completely gone. I don't know if an animal took it to eat it, or if it just deteriorated to the point where there is nothing left, but... yeah. My apple, though, is still there. It's soggy with some white spots on it. Frankly I was afraid to touch it or smell it, otherwise I would tell you that too. Sorry.
It's finally cooling off, it was a hot week, this past week, dry too. The ground is doing surprisingly well though, still holding a bit of it's moisture.
Those wildflowers I've shown you are almost completely gone now and the new species isn't quite ready to bloom. Maybe next week.
Low: 50
So, my orange is completely gone. I don't know if an animal took it to eat it, or if it just deteriorated to the point where there is nothing left, but... yeah. My apple, though, is still there. It's soggy with some white spots on it. Frankly I was afraid to touch it or smell it, otherwise I would tell you that too. Sorry.
It's finally cooling off, it was a hot week, this past week, dry too. The ground is doing surprisingly well though, still holding a bit of it's moisture.
Those wildflowers I've shown you are almost completely gone now and the new species isn't quite ready to bloom. Maybe next week.
Visit 3; 21 September 2013
High: 74
Low: 47
So today I decided I was going to set out my fruit to see how it deteriorated over a week. I placed my apple and half of a peeled orange on the ground. The orange was at the base of a tree and the orange was out in the open of the clearing. Unfortunately my dad had the camera for work so I couldn't take pictures, but y'all know what apples and oranges look like.
We finally got some rain! Yay! It wasn't much, but the ground isn't as dry as it has been. The creek though, is still looking a low.
The wild flowers have less flowers and seem to be coming to an end of their season, but another set appear to be sprouting.
It wasn't in my area, but across the creek and in the neighboring field, I saw a doe. She was majestic. :)
Low: 47
So today I decided I was going to set out my fruit to see how it deteriorated over a week. I placed my apple and half of a peeled orange on the ground. The orange was at the base of a tree and the orange was out in the open of the clearing. Unfortunately my dad had the camera for work so I couldn't take pictures, but y'all know what apples and oranges look like.
We finally got some rain! Yay! It wasn't much, but the ground isn't as dry as it has been. The creek though, is still looking a low.
The wild flowers have less flowers and seem to be coming to an end of their season, but another set appear to be sprouting.
It wasn't in my area, but across the creek and in the neighboring field, I saw a doe. She was majestic. :)
Visit 2; 15 September 2013
High: 72
Low: 60
It was another hot, dry week with highs in the 80s, and 90s. It was even over 100 on Monday.
Today, I looked more around my site and attempted to identify some of the trees around it. Most were maple with a few oaks. A few wildflowers are growing in the grasses. They have very small white, almost purple-ish, flowers and seem to be ground cover. (Photo to the right)
The ground is still very dry and the nearby creek is still very low. I saw a bee or a wasp. I didn't feel like getting close enough to figure which it was.
:)
Low: 60
It was another hot, dry week with highs in the 80s, and 90s. It was even over 100 on Monday.
Today, I looked more around my site and attempted to identify some of the trees around it. Most were maple with a few oaks. A few wildflowers are growing in the grasses. They have very small white, almost purple-ish, flowers and seem to be ground cover. (Photo to the right)
The ground is still very dry and the nearby creek is still very low. I saw a bee or a wasp. I didn't feel like getting close enough to figure which it was.
:)
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.
Low: 73
So, today was my first visit to my 1x1 meter location. It's in E. Des Moines, near Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex.
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.
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