Walked Tiers and Foggy Hill after the drizzle cleared this afternoon and the sun shuttered through north-bound clouds. No fruit split and the ground has soaked up the moisture and drained it away. Thank goodness for our slopes and friable freely drained old soils. Thank goodness for the Great Southern Ocean bringing on the front edge of a high with its cooling drying southerly breezes, perfect antidote to the moist warm rain bands from the Pacific and Indian oceans at this critical moment in ripening.
BJC.
