{"id":836,"date":"2023-07-29T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T01:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/?page_id=836"},"modified":"2023-07-29T19:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T01:34:53","slug":"final-prep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/home\/ted-and-monas-pages\/pollinator-plot-development\/final-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"7 &#8211; Final Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It took several rounds of spot spraying and harrowing to knock down everything that grew back in the designated pollinator plot. And it certain that there are plenty of seeds still in the soil that will germinate next year with more moisture and warmth. But we got it pretty clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220916_170215198-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tracer dye from the spot herbicide is still visible on the dead grasses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear if the rocks were actually sprouting, or were simply being lifted by the harrow. But we got a nice crop of rocks, to the point we felt we had to remove a layer. And in this picture, where we&#8217;re tending our crop of rocks, you can see that the plot area is well and truly cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20220928_103546662-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tending to our crop of rocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/home\/ted-and-monas-pages\/pollinator-plot-development\/8-planting-the-plot\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"841\">Planting the pollinator seed mix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took several rounds of spot spraying and harrowing to knock down everything that grew back in the designated pollinator plot. And it certain that there are plenty of seeds still in the soil that will germinate next year with more moisture and warmth. But we got it pretty clear. It&#8217;s not clear if the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/home\/ted-and-monas-pages\/pollinator-plot-development\/final-prep\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 &#8211; Final Prep<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":692,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836\/revisions\/846"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}