Our holding has arable fields on all four sides. Here is what is growing in mid-June this year.
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| Sugar beet.. This will be harvested late autumn and early winter and sent to the sugar factory at Bury St Edmunds. It is an important local crop and grown extensively. |
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| Maris Piper potatoes. Planted late this year but has caught up quickly. Sprayed regularly against blight. |
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| Wheat. This crop is destined for animal feed. |
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| Typical big sky in this flat landscape. The crop is seed for bird food. The reeds in the foreground are growing on the banks of a field drain. |
Just Oil Seed Rape round here and a bit of wheat and sugar beet further away - that will make another horrible muddy road when it's lifted in the autumn
ReplyDeleteNo oil seed rape around here as I gather it needs a heavier soil. In the winter we’ll have lorries squeezing their way through loaded up with beet and potatoes.
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