Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Preparing for cropping

With the fire restrictions over farmers all around the district are preparing fields ready to sow crops for the coming season. One of the methods used to clear last years stubble and increase yield and help combat weeds is burning. Plumes of smoke have been seen all around the district as farmers burn off the last years excess matter.

A neighbours property filled the sky with smoke to the extent that the smoke became a cloud feeder. A phenonema that I saw once before flying over California where the pilot pointed out a forest fires smoke that was turning into a rain cloud. Our burning in comparison struggled to put a puff into the air.


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