It always surprises me how hard some people find it to identify these widely-grown crops, even those who live in the countryside. They are all …
Tag: barley
20 May 2008
Ceres walks through the crops, her hands brushing the ripening ears as she moves silent and unobserved in her rustling domain. Barley is a wonderful…
18 July 2006
A chance shot seen on the way to photograph a friend’s lavender farm. Rolling countryside near Winchester compressed with a telephoto lens to accentuate the topography. I…
29 June 2006
The field just behind our house one warm June morning, before all the dew had burnt off. Either the seed wasn’t well cleaned, or the…
14 June 2003
A field of ripening barley with a small drift of poppies in the middle distance. Just a small strip missed by the herbicide spray, and…
12 May 2003
For just a week or so, this crop of barley in the fields next to my house was a glorious sight, as the shimmering awns…