On Monday I helped my uncle with his strawberry research. We harvested all the strawberries from each plot, then weighed and averaged the berries to determine productiveness, and then we[…]
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Progress Update Week 5 (Updated bi-weekly)
This week I worked on setting up drip tube irrigation and deer fence. This protects the newly planted cucumbers and squash and gets them watered into the soil well. I[…]
Progress Update Week 4 (Updated bi-weekly)
This week I started by stringing the tomato plants in both high tunnels. This means running a string about 6 inches high and weaving it in between the plants, then[…]
Progress Update Week 3 (updated bi-weekly)
This week I started by spotting out (transplanting) 21 flats of tomatoes and seeding 3 flats of watermelons. I also weeded 200 hazelnut trees. I then spotted out 30 flats[…]
Progress Update Week 2 (updated bi-weekly)
This week I finished weeding the strawberry plants. We then planted the 700lbs of potatoes using a 100yr old potato planter. We had to fix a few parts. We installed[…]
Progress Update Week 1
Week 1 (update 1): This week I started by weeding the beds in the high tunnels. Then we added extra peat moss, lime, and fertilizer and rototilled it all together[…]
Senior Project I-search
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Final Project Proposal Post
Title: Understanding Agricultural Research, Development, and Application Purpose Statement Ever since I was little, my family would visit my uncle’s family’s farm in New Jersey to pick pumpkins around[…]
The Learning Goals & General Work Plan and Documentation Plan Post
includes clear and achievable learning goals, a reasonably detailed outline of how you will spend your time during the project, and a documentation plan that will help you to capture the[…]
Action Items Post
After meeting with the senior project committee and presenting my presentation, no questions were asked and no changes were made.
William Connelly- Initial Plan Draft
“My purpose is to explore and compose thoughts on agriculture and/or sustainability so that people can get the nutrition they need and live in a sustainable world” “How can[…]
William 5 Min purpose pitch
Your Story: Choose a “critical incident” that set you on your path and helped you uncover how you want to make an impact (your contribution) through your senior project experience.[…]
William Connelly-my purpose statement
For me the purpose statement seems kind of arbitrary cause I just wrote that at the end myself, but I think the report is really interesting and it definitely gives[…]
William Connelly- Project Prototypes
After this initial brainstorm, it is clear to me that I really don’t know what direction to go in, which is think is good for now because I can keep[…]