drainage

august is traditionally fairly warm around here and today was no exception...there have been clouds in the sky but no rain i am aware of in the past sixteen days...

so with temperatures in the upper eighties and low nineties ( farhenheit )and no rain for a couple of weeks i would have expected to see some leaves curled from transpiration out there...but i found none that i could see...another of monsanto's innovations one supposed ( or bayers )...

the beans are verdant and unstressed ( seemingly ) as well...and there's an example of the bi-polar industrial monoculture they grow here...

i haven't a clue what was in this field...however the cloud of dust behind the tractor is a fair indication of how dry it is and how vulnerable to wind and ( hopefully ) eventual rain erosion the topsoil is...

i do know what's in this field and drainage tile in this quantity in a field that has been fallow all season is likely a sign that this field will be growing some sort of building soon...no signs telling me what to expect, but dense yellow #2 doesn't need this much drainage...

keeping with the zea motif...the teosinte out back has ears coming along well and seeds are beginning to be visible through the husks...don't think i am not pleased...and there is no leaf curl here...these are heirloom plants not industrial mutants...i am watering them...there's other stuff going on...we can leave that for another post...

personally i think i am going to go look for more dragonflies...that season is getting shorter too.