Golden fields in June
Chuckeroon in Richmond am Thames asked how the wheat was coming along. Before I show what I think is the wheat, which is still green, I thought I would show the other stuff which seems to be ripening. The general consensus is that this is either barley or rye. Probably barley, given that more barley is grown here than rye (see the Swiss crop statistics on the overflow site). In addition to this lot, there's another batch of crop similar in color, but not quite as bristly. I've uploaded a photo on the overflow site, along the Swiss crop statistics from 2000.
Other mentions of this plant here before on 20070521 and on 20070518.
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11 comments:
Ii is hard to tell for sure without a close up...but this looks like wheat to me.
If it is wheat, Swiss wheat has long awns. I should say barley or rye. I just look at my dictionary and it seems wheat ear has no awn or almost not.
I'm with Claude, based on what I've learnt from the comments of other readers. If you look on the overflow site, I've listed the crops that are grown here in CH so you know what we're working with. Also, there was another discussion about this at one of the two previous posts I linked to.
And what about oat? I'm just teasing you, z! Have a good weekend behind your scaffolding!
Z, don't worry! I won't let nasty Claude upset you. I'll give you another clue (apart from the awnes...hey is that why the French word for Barley is "avoine"...it's just hit me, hmmm where the etymol dic.?) Anyway...barley, if I'm remembering right, ripens before wheat....so your comment is right.
Hmmm...hope I'm right.
And...yes, famillies live on the barges. There's plenty of space.
It is a nice crop almost ready for harvest.
Well I'm not getting involved in any farming questions, but as a photographer I like the frilly bits, whatever they are
Alice: the scaffolding is a trifle annoying. But, I think it'll probably be gone the middle of the coming week.
Chuckeroon: why would you think Claude upset me? And she's never, ever nasty! As for "awn", my OED says that the origin is Old English, from Old Norse, related to Swedish agn and Danish avn. That would mean the French word is unrelated, wouldn't it? The German word is die Granne.
Re: the families living on the barges, it is from the safety stand point that I find it surprising. What if a sleepwalking child falls into the water?
Abraham: I've been keeping an eye on the field as much as I can. I would be interested in getting a photo of the harvesting process.
Richard: the frilly, or bristly, bits are called awns. I didn't know this until my first ill-fated post on the subject of the crops.
For me, it looks really like rye, even if now wheat have some awns, but not that long.... Just wait for the answer!
WOW! This is such a beautiful landscape...
Looks like fields of muted gold :)
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