Property Overview
Detail Value
Location Brownsville, Ohio (Licking County)
Coordinates 39.947°N, 82.256°W
Acreage 93 acres
USDA Zone 6b (-5°F to 0°F minimum)
Last spring frost ~May 10-15
First fall frost ~October 5-15
Growing season ~150 days
Water source Well water (two sources — berry area and veggie beds)
Irrigation Netafim Techline HCVXR (buried) and CV (surface), YoLink smart valves via Farm HA
Active Gardens
Garden Scale Status
Berry Gardens 38 plants, 17 varieties across 14 raised beds (4×16 ft) Mid-2026 planting underway from Stark Brothers order
Seed Collecting Garden 25 native Ohio species Planning phase
Vegetable Raised Beds 16 beds, 4×8 ft In production
Ponds 2 ponds Tilapia stocking pending (125–175 fish per pond, Steve at Fender’s)
Asparagus patch Established, perennial harvest
Shiitake mushrooms Oak logs, inoculated April 6 2026 Inoculation window may be closing — check bark condition
Bees 7 hives Queens confirmed on 6; one unconfirmed
Pollinator habitat / meadow Mixed natives, 50% enclosed (9 ft fence) Ongoing
Data capture

GPS points and observations land in farmdb (PostGIS) on CT100. Field data flows in via:

  • Emlid Reach RS3 (RTK GPS) → CSV per session → ~/Sync/farm/emlid-exports/ → PostGIS. See Emlid workflow.
  • Just Press Record (Apple Watch / iPhone) → iCloud → Mac Studio → Whisper transcription → parsed for dash-commands → TASKS.md + diary + #interaction nodes in Tana.

158+ GPS points loaded across multiple projects (Project 1 willow census, Project 2 trees, Project 4 willows, Project 5 cabbage, etc.).