Wheat-bix

Sowing is finished for the year. The wheat is in the ground and now its just a matter of watching it grow - and watching weather forecasts on the net. The Farmer will check the weather at least three times a day. If there is a strong forecast for rain, he checks it hourly to see where its falling and follows it in until we hear it on the tin roof. If there is talk of good rain in the district all those at Pine Hill seem to spend the day looking up at the sky. This year the sky seems to be remembering how to rain, and it could be suggested that there is a link between the forecasts and what actually falls from the clouds... but I'm not going to discuss rainfall too much in fear of jinxing what looks like a promising year. The Farmer hasn't been able to sow the crop this early for years - it has always been too dry, forcing them to wait for rain providing the seed with enough moisture to germinate. This year, soil moisture levels and warm autumn soil temperatures punched the little plants out of the ground and a green tinge across the paddocks came in a matter of days.