Mapping

Today I lathered up in bug repellent and made my way into the dense woods to do some mapping with the GPS. Doug has already marked the logging trail and many of the important wet spots. Today I started adding new points and cleaning up the data already on the GPS. After a few hours I was able to walk the majority of the property, and physically marked 18 vernal pools (there must be around 30 in total), a few of which are large, extensive lateral pools. I also marked 7 impressively large rocky outcrops and glacial erratics. I have been downloading the data on to google earth where I will be making a digital map from which I will base my actual hand-drawn map. I really comfortable using the GPS and was able to find more specimens for my herbarium.


In the garden, I continued to plant more seedlings and sowed some more radish and beet seeds. Under my teepees, I planted a variety of dry pole beans, and I have moved the peppers from indoors into my cold frame. I am now in the process of planning out the rest of the garden, as well as the new tomato garden next to it.