Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Winter Wheat

When we visited Cape Town in September last year I was fascinated by the way they make the most of the land, growing wheat between the rows of vines, during the winter season, when the vines are dormant.

At the Farmer's Market we had a close up view of it, so I thought I'd share it with you.

In another month, you will hardly see the vineyard and wonder why the farmer left so much gap between the rows of wheat.

Today I visited the home of a lady in our church and they had two rows of vines growing right across the back garden - very enterprising!

1 comment:

Finnie Family said...

Hi

This is actually done to control weeds. The wheat grows quicker than a particular weed and thereby kills it off. Wheat is a cheaper and more effective form of control than chemicals.