Do you think 2020 is starting to be like 1976 ?

I can remember 1975 being a dry year which started the drought of 1976. Fast forward to 29th of May 2020 in the outback near Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire England we are busy Cultivating for vegetables we do have the choice to irrigate , we are still finding moisture about 100mm down but the surface is dry. Back to 1976 when we were cultivating with tractors with not very good cabs also no cabs, dust getting into places You do not want to mention .the luxury Modern cabs today where you can be in a dust bowl and the feeling is great , But mother nature can bring back memories.View attachment 882761View attachment 882761View attachment 882762View attachment 882761View attachment 882763View attachment 882765

Is that on the heavy stuff at Bickmarsh or the lighter areas?
 

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Is that on the heavy stuff at Bickmarsh or the lighter areas?
It’s in between the two we have not got any of the light stuff ,some of fields, are the heavy stuff which you cannot knock into a seedbed if you let it dry out a find seedbed is the size of a brick , I have managed to get it down to size of golf balls at the moment which we are planting peas into , Pete you know the area it’s down by the airstrip. It’s drying out as fast as we are doing anything unbelievable amount of dust think you was down here spreading .
 

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