Fallen wheat

Wind has flattened a part of the crop, weakened by the excess of nitrates in the peat.

Chiètres, Fribourg canton, Switzerland, late June.

"Due to its nutritional richness, peat is not ideal for growing wheat and barley. Sometimes the rotation of crops requires a crop anyway."

Ernst Maeder, director, Bio-Gemüse, Galmitz, Fribourg canton, Switzerland

in " Planting patterns ", p. 134 

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