Fen Peas

As I write this there is the unfamiliar sound of rain against the windows. Boy do we need it! Not just for the peas, but all crops on the farm. There was an air of confidence about rain this weekend because it is The Carrington Steam Engine Rally, and it is very rare that it does not rain on this occasion. Let's hope there is a reasonable amount today, enough to penetrate down to some of the last sown seeds that have yet to germinate. Most early crops are looking, as the picture suggestes, magnificent. Slightly off green, due to lack of moisture, but the best we have seen for a number of years. The jury is still out on some of the later ones.