Our site is along the east side of the Ledges Trail, by the Bay View Overlook. The topography is relatively flat, but there are many rocky outcrops throughout the site. So, when we dug our soil pit, we only managed to dig down 14cm before we hit bedrock. The O/A horizon comprised the first 4 cm, while our B horizon of silty clay loam made up the remaining 10cm. The soil test gave us a fairly neutral pH, around 7 or 8. Our bedrock/surficial geology was unresponsive to the HCl test, so we concluded there is no calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the rocks surrounding our pit.
Soil Pit
Our site is along the east side of the Ledges Trail, by the Bay View Overlook. The topography is relatively flat, but there are many rocky outcrops throughout the site. So, when we dug our soil pit, we only managed to dig down 14cm before we hit bedrock. The O/A horizon comprised the first 4 cm, while our B horizon of silty clay loam made up the remaining 10cm. The soil test gave us a fairly neutral pH, around 7 or 8. Our bedrock/surficial geology was unresponsive to the HCl test, so we concluded there is no calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the rocks surrounding our pit.
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That soil pit looks exemplary. Shading a go-go.
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