Yesterday’s post described seeding on November 19, just before the 4″ of rain that we got over the next 3 days. Now we’re waiting for grass to grow.

This was grass growing on December 1.

Yes, it’s there, but you have to be paying attention to see what’s happening. We’re not just watching for grass. We want to see those broad-leaf plants too.

This is three days later on December 4.

Rodents at work.

The next day the irrigation crew came back to install the flowmeter and soil moisture sensors. That tube on top of the concrete box has a something that looks like a fan or propellor on the end of it.

That is the part that is now in the pipe and the rod is mounted to the concrete box.

The pole outside the box has solar panels and some other kind of gadget on it. At this point I don’t know how any of it works. We’re going to have a lesson about how to interpret the data it will provide to my phone.

There are two soil moisture sensors at the other end of the field. We had them place those poles where there will be fence lines so the sheep won’t be tempted to rub on them.

That white spot that looks like a quarter, at the bottom of the photo, is a rod that will measure moisture at 3 depths.

That data will also be transmitted to my phone.

This is the south end of the field. It is still wet enough that when the workers drove back and forth between these moisture sensors they created deep ruts. That’s unfortunate but there is nothing that can be done now. I think we have to wait until next year and then maybe disc this and the west side of the field where there is also compaction from vehicles during the final installation. We’ll wait and see.

Now we’re just waiting for more rain and grass.