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The case study library

Real properties, real numbers, and what didn't work. The library is in intake: entries publish here once their records pass review. Until then, this page shows the standard every entry has to meet.

No entries published yet — by design.

We would rather launch with an empty shelf than with stories we can't back up. If you've worked a property for three years or more and kept records, we'd like to hear from you.

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The entry standard

Required

Site baseline

Location to county level, boundary, climate, slope and soils (the design tool report is a good start), plus photos and at least one lab soil test from before the work began.

Required

What was done, when

Each intervention in order — earthworks, cultivation, planting, grazing — with dates, machinery, and the design reasoning at the time.

Required

Costs & labour

Capital spent, contractor hours and owner hours, and any income or savings attributed to the work, with how it was measured.

Required

Re-measured outcomes

The same tests at the same spots over time: soil organic matter, infiltration, water held, stocking rate or yields — whatever the project set out to change.

Required

Failures

What didn't work and why. Entries without a failures section are sent back.

Review

How we check

We review the records, ask for raw data where figures look unusual, and label each entry with the evidence behind it: lab results, receipts, dated photos, or owner estimates.

Starting a project? Document it from day one.

Run your land through the design tool now and keep the report — it becomes your baseline.

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