Maize with its raincoat on!  by happypat

Maize with its raincoat on!

There has been lots of maize planted over the last week or two & much of it has been covered with plastic like you can see here.
It’s been a cold Spring on the whole so farmers are hoping to get a boost in growth by keeping the maize warm as it germinates.
These fields you can se here used to be part of our farm before we sold it.....our house was behind that little wood in the centre of the photo.
A bit of a dreary photo for a dreary day!

Three good things:
1. Three visits to the surgery today trying to chase up Harry’s X-ray appointment. I ended up ringing the hospital & was horrified to hear that his card requesting an X-ray had been sent back to the surgery as it had only been signed by a nurse practitioner not a doctor! Turned out that was all rubbish & to cut a long story short we are going in the morning!
2. I went to ask if our floor tiles we picked need sealing....thankfully they don’t!
3. I have rung a tiling person, we need to get in the queue!
How does it feel..do you miss it? Or excited about this different chapter? Or a bit of both? Good luck with the X-rays for Harry!
May 4th, 2021  
Honestly without the wherewithal to chase things up people must be in a right mess!
May 4th, 2021  
I could do with some of that plastic to keep dogs off!
May 4th, 2021  
A nice image , oh how frustrating for you both hope all goes well .
May 4th, 2021  
Nice shot
May 4th, 2021  
Maize for animal feed I imagine? May should typically be warm enough for the maize to germinate!
May 4th, 2021  
Bep
A nice rural image.
Heavy rain ans wind here today. Too cold...
May 4th, 2021  
Plastic is used so much these days to aid germination - I am always fooled to think the field is a lake !! How frustrating for you over Harry's X-ray's results - so much of this going on these days - you have to chase everything before things get moving - Good luck tomorrow !
May 4th, 2021  
Ooh such a cold spring Pat..hope x-rays go ok for Harry x
May 4th, 2021  
I love the wonderful lines of color in this landscape scene.
Thank goodness Harry will be getting his x-rays!! Hopefully it will be the first step in getting him on a healing track. I can tell from your recent comments that he has been suffering with that hip pain. Bless him.
May 4th, 2021  
@bkp A bit of both Barbara. We didn’t want to move really but it made sense & once we had actually done it & get through the horror of selling it has become exciting! Not enjoying this bit so much in rented with all our stuff in storage but we’ll get there!
May 4th, 2021  
@judithg You have to do all your own doctoring these days Judith it seems! Make a fuss which isn’t in my nature really but it works!
May 4th, 2021  
@beryl You will know how frustrating it gets Beryl.....the days are gone when they ring you & invite you for check ups etc....you can so soon slip through the net if you don’t keep on at them. The next task will be to actually find out the result of said X-ray no doubt! 😳
May 4th, 2021  
@happypat you really do! There have been admissions at the hospital and GP that dad has been neglected by the medical profession. It took them 5 months to report a brain scan - he wouldn’t call the GP to ask about it because “they’re busy”.
May 4th, 2021  
Wonderful landscape.
May 4th, 2021  
A lovely view, I love the layers. Any medical appointment gets frustrating these days doesn't it. It never used to be a problem in Australia but we are catching up now with the rest of the world will delayed appointments.
May 4th, 2021  
a raincoat ....i often wondered what the farming community called the plastic sheets :)
May 5th, 2021  
Wonderful layers here. Glad you got the x-ray issue squared away.
May 5th, 2021  
Lovely landscape with all the layers, soft colors and textures!
May 5th, 2021  
Snow on the ground here this morning!!! Nice image of this well wrapped up maize.
May 5th, 2021  
Weather today takes me back to that old Flanders and Swann song with the line about May "rain by day and hail by night!"
May 5th, 2021  
@phil_howcroft That’s just my name for it Phil.....I’m sure there is an official name! We never did this in our day so I don’t know...just plastic covered I expect!!
May 5th, 2021  
Nice and sunny today phew! It's so hard getting workmen at the moment isn't it - everyone a holiday money is going on their properties! Hope the hospital get sorted!
May 5th, 2021  
You had a very big property from what I see. Lovely shot and the best of luck to the farmers.
May 5th, 2021  
I thought it was a solar panel farm at first Pat. Nice capture. FAV
May 5th, 2021  
A lovely landscape and sky
May 5th, 2021  
Nice to have so many lovely memories of your time beyond the wood! Sounds like frustration over the hospital appointments but hope all goes well.
May 6th, 2021  
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