Summer at Kentland

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Dairy Science Research

Virginia Tech dedicated the new Dairy Science research facilities at Kentland.  The unmanned aircraft work is done at Kentland, too.

Studying soil

This project is to study the soil layers and what has happened through time.  The guide noted the round-shaped rocks may have been under water in another era.

Patterns

Plow patterns across the field.

Trees in research project

These trees are part of a project to understand trees in urban environments--stressed trees.

Vegetables, last month

Kentland Farm has a lot of different kinds of work.

Kentland house

This was a family home. There are plans to maintain it and use it.

Cloud over the hills

Some of the research plots at Kentland.

Kentland cemetery

This family cemetery is high on a hill at Kentland. Today is the Feast of All Saints or Day of the Dead.

Vegetable plots finished for season

Virginia Tech dining services has a program in which locally-grown vegetables are served in a dining hall. Students in the project can work on the plots.

Checkerboard

Some of the research plots at Kentland.

Winding Road

Part of the Virginia Tech agriculture research area, Kentland.

Kentland Farm

Kentland is the area for major Virginia Tech agriculture research projects. It also is a conservation project area.

Still a Dismal Day

A view of the working buildings at Kentland, the Virginia Tech Research Farm