Ripening barley

  • Barley field on a summer day with blue sky at Charlton Down
  • Cultivated fields in summer at Charlton Down in Dorset
  • Close-up of ripening golden barley crop
  • Cultivated fields of the Dorset countryside in summer.
  • Tractor ploughing field in which the oilseed rape crop has been harvested
  • Cultivated Dorset fields with barley and oilseed rape in summer
  • Cultivated fields in summer on the edge of Charlton Down in Dorset

The barley is ripening in the fields and I think it will not be long before the farmers cut it. At least one field of the oilseed rape has already been harvested and that field has been ploughed ready for the next sowing. Our long recent spell of dry weather has turned to wet and windy, so that must be frustrating, as it could damage the standing barley with its heavy ears and delay the harvest. Some stands were already flattened at the end of July.

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