The Palouse Revisited

The Palouse seems quiet on its surface this time of year, with fallow fields and idle farm equipment reposing. But the signs of spring are already visible. New equipment is poised to take on the spring crops, farmers out working on their farms are busy gettting ready

There are repairs to be made, new varieties to be considered, and if they're lucky, even a new piece of equipment to break in.

Lower Dry Creek farm                             © Diane B. Reed

Even the predators – hawks, owls, and coyotes seem to know that the growing season will be on them in lttle time and they search ceasingly for the prey that is usually hidden by wheat fields.

A well-fed coyote on the hunt                          © Diane B. Reed

Soon the Palouse will be abuzz with new life on the wheat farms, in the nests, and in the burrows. The never-ending cycle continues.