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Soil moisture update

Soil moisture update

This is an update to the previous blog regarding precipitation and depth of soil moisture.

On Monday night there was some rain, ice pellets, and snow.  Tuesday morning I measured 0.4 inches of snow depth.  The rain/snow gauge revealed a moisture content for this precipitation to be 0.15 inches Continue reading Soil moisture update

Posted on February 21, 2018March 1, 2018Categories Climate/WeatherTags irrigation, precipitation, Soil moisture, water harvesting
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