Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Field Burning



There was a wheat field behind our house this summer (it was an alfalfa field last year). But they harvested and baled the straw a few weeks ago. They came and knocked on our door yesterday afternoon and just told us they were going to burn it. It was amazing! They ran a line of gas (or some type of fire starter) along the rim of the field. Then lit it. It moved so fast. I think the entire field was burned in less than 5 minutes. Then they came in with a tractor and plowed it under. So now we wonder what will go there next year. But it was cool to watch.

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