Fen Peas

Well, not a great deal of rain. It may have seemed to be falling hard at times, but we got just a few mm, and it soaked in about 1cm. The wind of yesterday has now blown it away! I had a ride out today to look at a Herriau drill working. Given that it is now June, I was very impressed with its positive seed placement at a depth of close to 4 inches. You can see from the pictures that the drill has "trapped" the seed in the ground, rather than put it on a firm base with loose soil above it. It has to be said that if you have such a drill in your pea drilling system, then the grower does need to be on the ball with conserving moisture, and paying close attention to detail when pre working the land. As was the case here.