Touring France to Belgium

[westernvicki]

Notre Dame in Rouen
An astronomical clock made in the late 1300’s

When the Church was the superpower. Now it's the lenders.

[furrowtickler]

When the Church was the superpower. Now it's the lenders.

Very true
it’s astonishing the power the church had here , not saying good or bad but the structures they built were remarkable, even in today’s standards .

[Landdownunder]

Remember on farm in Germany waldshu/tiengen area driving around with kai. Came to a field maybe 40 acres had one section end to end corn then another fallow then wheat then not sure maybe sunflowers?
Said to kai who had poor English could understand but not speak it very well. Kai why don't you just plant all wheat in the field. No no no Peter you no understand I only rent 10 acres other acres go to different tenants that blew me away so 4 guys farmed 40 acres.
Could be talking crap here but think kai had 1800 acres leased which is huge about half was forest and grazed cattle and sheep. No fertiliser soil that rich. Fungicides something crazy every 10 days and growth retardants on crops

[AlbertaFarmer5]

No till only works on dry land, in uk we need to lose moisture, not save it, thats why we plough.

I am in no position to tell you how to operate your farm. You and your ancestors have a few thousand years more experience in your climate and soil than I do.

But, to play devils advocate, the No till proponents would say that tillage begats tillage.

The compaction created by tillage, and the loss of organic matter reduce permeability, resulting in the need for more tillage to try to solve the problem caused by tillage. A vicious circle.

I farm in the wettest part of western Canada, and adopted no till because trying to do tillage on wet low OM clay soil was such a disaster. It is a bigger benefit on wet years than dry for me.

Wet by Prairie standards obviously does not compare to UK standards. A quick google search indicates many parts of UK getting 2 to 3 times more precipitation than I do.

[Landdownunder]

We had an exchange guy here once from UK moisture is least of our crop growing woes. Water was 1 metre underground roots used to tap into it. Gov intervention biggest crisis and greens

[hedgehog]

Visit the nova scotia monument on the somme.
it has big statue of a moose.
hundreds of men mown down for a few yards of dirt

[sumdumguy]

I’m sure if Newsom put a tax on builds in the forest the fires could be stopped.

[Happytrails]

The climate change thing was kind of wanning but 50 mph Santa Anna winds blowing a fire right though Malibu beach burning some of the highest priced real estate will get that stirred up to a level never seen before.
Very shocking to see how little can be done when nature can't be controlled.
So very recognizable locations burning .
l have traveled that highway many times.
Millions of people will recognize many of those pictures.

I watched a great video on Utube last night. The channel was California Insider. Interview with a LA area water manager. Knows how to make the water situation better and why politics won't let it happen.

[Landdownunder]

Visit the nova scotia monument on the somme.
it has big statue of a moose.
hundreds of men mown down for a few yards of dirt

ive got to great uncles on the battlefields one at somme the other in Ypres 3 brothers went to war only one came back grandfather. Different times back then

[Landdownunder]

sad admin thought this needed shifting their site though bigger issues on here I wish they would attend to

[WiltonRanch]

Hope it stays cordial. I like seeing people’s travel photos.

[furrowtickler]

Hope it stays cordial. I like seeing people’s travel photos.

This is one building I never knew about in Paris … the Pantheon
absolutely huge . The detail in the buildings is amazing