This video summarizes the first seven weeks of soil moisture monitoring in a shallow rainwater harvesting basin using both soil capacitance and temperature sensors wired to Feather MO Datalogger.

Results suggest temperature may be more effective at capturing rainfall infiltration and soil moisture dynamics when compared to the ubiquitous soil moisture capacitance sensors sold on eBay.

Please see this playlist for further background and details:    • Soil Monitoring Experiments  

Please see this video for details regarding instrument setup and links to code:    • LongTerm Soil Monitoring Installation