Prepared soil
The soil shows marks of havng been tilled, firsy in one direction, then the other.
Lower Durance Valley, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, September.
"No, I can't read a map. My map is the land: its colour, the shape of the rocks, their size and their position. The fineness of the sand, the orientation of the dunes and the waves of sand, all this creates a map in my head. This is how I get my bearings."
Mohamed Aghaler, desert guide, Agadès, Niger
in " Planting patterns ", p. 191