Drilling winter wheat near Bourne

Image: © Rex Needle Taken: 13 Nov 2005

Farming in the countryside is an unending cycle of activity to maintain the continuous production of our food, from spring through to winter, and no sooner has one crop been harvested than another is planted. This field to the north of Bourne which is outside my study window is the perfect place from which to observe the farming year with the misty outline of Morton church tower and the white-washed cottages of Dyke village on the horizon. A few weeks before this picture was taken the field was full of golden corn which was soon harvested, the land ploughed and harrowed and now, on a morning of bright but hazy sunshine, it is the turn of the drill to sow winter wheat which will soon become established to withstand the cold weather to come and so ensure a strong and healthy yield next summer.

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