Harvest time.

[ellen h]

Originally Posted by Davy Crockett

That's an interesting picture ellen was it taken in your home county Essex.
No chance of dust and pollen up here in Lancashire we are all washed out.

Yes,this was taken earlier this week -Salvation Army Hadleigh farm-adjacent to the country park
ellen

[Susie]

I am still relatively new to living in the "country" and still get a huge kick from walking through fields. I was walking along the edge of fields of wheat a couple of days ago and it was so beautiful, there are also fields of oats around here and broadbeans. They have yet to be harvested, apart from one field of broadbeans which are in. When the winds blow the oats ripple. It is a wonderful sight and makes my heart glad. I think I was a farmer in a former life!

[Davy Crockett]

Susie, you should report those horrid people to the police, are they a group of yobs or is it one baddy that's doing the kicking. If I lived near you, I’d come and get um for you. mad:
Gerr, Crockett

[JoulesH]

We farmers are starting to get worried - this weather is not helping at all. On our farm we rely on contractors and we will be at the back of their queue with our small acreage - they're sitting twiddling their thumbs at present and fuel is so expensive no-one wants to cut with too much moisture in and then dry it. The wheat will be black after all this rain (moulds) - then you'll really see some dust! and some (not ours) is already sprouting before harvest. Good straw for livestock farmers will be in short supply - because fert prices are so high many arable men are ploughing the straw in to keep the nutrients in it and now with this weather the straw will be dusty and brittle (or even worse, even more mouldy if wet when baled.