>Not really.

Before we all get frantic and de-mothball the lawnmowers, this is winter wheat.

Sow it in autumn, it germinates before winter sets in and then takes a low profile until the weather becomes somewhat more amenable to growth.

Like around about now.

Or it might even be winter barley, which I actually prefer to wheat.

Come to think of it, I’m not bothered.

Barley – when properly nurtured – turns magically into beer.

But wheat beer’s made of……

Must hop along.

It’s the yeast I can do…..

23 Feb This entry was published on 23 February, 2008 at 08:27. It’s filed under Mainz, Region and tagged Botanics, Klein-Winternheim. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.