Sunrise on the Farm

Phantomsurfr presented this picture and said, “I've been going for 27hrs straight trying to seed as much as possible before the first cold front of the season hits, but I had to stop to take this picture of the sunrise. Wheatbelt -Western Australia.” It’s stunning, with the light bouncing off the clouds, silhouetting the Mad Max machines in the foreground.

But then I thought, wait, seeding? Isn’t it fall now in Australia? A little digging revealed that you indeed plant wheat in the fall in the Australian wheat belt. It’s too hot to do the work in early April, and the rainy season begins in June.

Phantomsurfr said working that hard and that long makes you sleep really well. -via reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_wheat

It transformed Kansas from grazing to farming and started the nearly-a-war between ranchers and farmers.

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For those of complaining of a hard day at your desk (including myself), take 5 mn and think about all the farmers, growers, cattle raisers etc out there. Think about their hourly wage. Think about their work capacity. Think about their pride in their job.

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I decided to grow wheat in my back yard, using wheat berries from our local health food store. Planted in Fall, the wheat grew very pretty leaves and went dormant during the winter, and then came roaring back in Spring.
It's quite pretty, and was fun to do. Certainly, having a patch of wheat in the back yard is nice to show guests.

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